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SACRED POETRY 



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SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF 



THE REV. CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., 

Of Christ Church, Oxford, and Presbyter of the 

Church of England 



EDITED BY 
A LAY MEMBER OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed ; and are of power 
to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; to cele- 
brate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, 
and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought, with high providence in his 
Church. Milton. 




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, 1864. 



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RECORDED JUDGMENTS. 



"It may be affirmed that there is no principal element of 
Christianity, no main article of belief, as professed by Protestant 
Churches ; that there is no moral or ethical sentiment, peculiarly 
characteristic of the Gospel — that does not find itself emphatically 
and pointedly and clearly conveyed in some stanza of Charles Wes- 
ley's poetry." Isaac Taylor. 

" Full of inspiration, this sweet singer translated into the lan- 
guage of earth snatches of orisons unutterable, till his plastic felicity 
embodied them in immortal verse." James Hamilton, D.D. 

" Perhaps no poems have ever been so devoutly committed to 
memory as these, nor so often quoted on a death-bed." Southet. 

'' This fervent lyrist and liturgist was perhaps the most gifted min- 
strel of the modern Church ; none since the Psalmist has embodied 
in strains so genuine the religious exercises of the soul." 

LoNDOX Quarterly. 

" Christian experience furnishes him with everlasting and inex- 
haustible themes ; and it must be confessed that he has celebrated 
them with an affluence of diction and a splendor of coloring rarely 
surpassed." ' James Montgomery. 



VI RECORDED JUDGMENTS. 

" 'Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire 
Toucli'd with a coal from heaven, assume the lyre, 
And tell the world still kindling as he sung, 
With more than mortal music on his tongue, 
That He who died below and reigns above, 
Inspires the song, and that his name is Love." 

COWPER. 



"A comparison of the poetry of Doddridge, Watts, Kenn, and 
Wesley, would show that Doddridge rises above Watts from having 
caught the spirit of Kenn ; and Wesley is deep and interior from 
Laving added to the Chrysostomian piety of Kenn the experimental 
part of St. Augustine. Watts is a pure Calvinist, Kenn is a pure 
Chrysostomian. Doddridge is induced to blend both, and the effect 
is valuable and interesting. Wesley advances this union. He too 
adds the views of grace to those of advanced holiness ; but having 
derived the former from a more unadulterating medium, he is uni- 
formly practical and experimental. 



" I know no equal specimen of pure primitive piety, or rather 
Scriptural united piety, than this poetry ; and for clear views and 
expressions of the true evangelic religion, I know but one human 
parallel — the matchless liturgy of the Church of England. 

Alexander Knox. 



PREFACE 



The recorded judgments npou tlie pre- 
ceding pages, of authorities eminent in 
tlie walks of literature and religion, and 
tlie introduction ayMcIi follows, disjDense 
with the necessity of- an extended pre- 
face. 

Many persons of excellent taste and 
unaffected piety have expressed a desire 
to possess a wider range of this j)^^"try 
than can be found in any one collection ; 
and the editor, to meet this requirement, 
has made selections from the author's va- 
rious works, and brought them within 
the limits of this volume. 

New-York, September, 1864. 



"■THIS IS AN HONOUR DUE TO THE DEAD, AND A GENER- 
OUS DEBT TO THOSE THAT SHALL LIVE AND SUCCEED US." 

IZAAK WALTON. ■ 



INTRODUCTION. 



A celebrated Avriter, in delineating the influence 
of poetry on the character and morals of a nation, de- 
clares : " Let me but make the ballads of a nation, I 
care not who make their laws." 

"Milton esteemed poetical genius the most tran- 
scendent of all God's intellectual gifts. He esteemed 
it in himself as a kind of inspiration, and wrote his 
great works with something of the conscious dignity 
of a prophet. Poetry is the divinest of all arts ; for 
it is the breathing or expression of that principle or 
sentiment which is deepest and sublimest in human 
nature. 

"It lifts the mind above ordinary life; gives it a 
respite from depressing cares, and awakens the con- 
sciousness of its affinity with what is pure and noble. 
In its legitimate and highest efforts it has the same 
tendency and aim with Christianity ; that is, to spirit- 
ualize our natures. 

" Poetry has a natural alliance with our best affec- 
tions. The fictions of genius are often the vehicles 
of the sublimest verities; and its flashes often open 
new regions of thought, and throw new light upon 



X INTRODUCTION. 

the mysteries of our being. It is not true that the 
poet paints a life that does not exist ; he only ex- 
tracts and concentrates life's volatile fragrance, brings 
together its scattered beauties, and prolongs its more 
refined but evanescent joys ; and in this he does well ; 
for it is good to feel that life is not wholly usurped 
by cares for subsistence and physical gratifications, 
but admits in measures which may be indefinitely en- 
larged, sentiments and delights worthy of a higher 
being."* 

Poetry is the sublime and beautiful expressed in 
measured language. It should be as music to the ear, 
pictures to the eye, and it should display all the sym- 
:metry of architecture. It works principally by simile 
and melody, and in its perfect state gives as complete 
satisfaction to the moral faculties as it affords delight 
to the heart and senses ; for its final aim is to benefit 
man by means of delight. By poetry we also mean 
certain feelings expressed in certain language ; for po- 
etical feelings are all the highest and best of our na- 
ture ; feelings which come like sunbeams suddenly and 
rarely to our hearts, too constantly engrossed with 
earth and its cares ; illuminating awhile our darkness, 
and leaving us with a gleam of light. Truly has the 

poet said: 

" Our better mind 
Is like a Sunday's garment, then put on 
"When we have naught to do ; but at our work 
We wear a worse for thrift." 

* Channing. 



INTRODUCTION. XI 

Almost every human being is alive to the influ- 
ence of poetry, and when virtue, by which the heart 
is fitted by its Author to receive its most sublime 
delights, is embodied in genuine poetry, its power 
is such that none but callous minds can resist it. 
Even the slave of vice is taken unawares, and must 
love his captivity, feeling a strange pleasure, to which 
he would instantly sacrifice all his most valued grati- 
fications could he but hope to retain it for ever. 

Cold, selfish, and earthly as we are, no nature is 
altogether unpoetical, for let a chance circumstance 
touch the chord of love, rouse our devotion, or 
awaken noble feelings in our hearts, causing us to 
forget ourselves and to think only of the happiness 
and comfort of others, then do we rise as it were 
out of ourselves and experience poetical feelings ; for 
of necessity poetry exalts and ennobles us, elevating 
us to a higher state of mind than we commonly enjoy. 
These noble and exalting feelings prose fails to ex- 
press, while her more heavenly sister, poetry, adopts 
them as her own and sends them forth to the world 
imbued with a double portion of her spirit. 

We admire beautiful thoughts and sublime images 
in the rmassuming garb of prose, but when they come 
to us in all the graces of flowing rhythm and musical 
measure, our hearts are touched and our souls are 
charmed. Nor do we alone feel the effects of rhythm ; 
the most barbarous nations are sensible of its influ- 



Xil INTRODUCTION. 

ence, giving ample evidence that it is not earth- 
born, for 

" Verse comes from heaven like inward light, 
Mere human pains can ne'er come by it." 

Those impressions which the poet has imbibed into 
his own mind by observation, good poetry combines 
into living forms, and the faculty of producing from 
such impressions the distinctions of individual charac- 
ter, action, or scenery we call imagination. Words- 
worth says : " Poetry is the spontaneous overflow 
of powerful feelings ; it takes its origin from emotion 
recollected in tranquillity." Byron also says : " Poet- 
ry is a distinct faculty, it will not come when called. 
I have revolved some of my compositions for whole 
years in my heart before I attempted to write 
them." 

Poetry is nearly allied to the fine arts, but possesses 
over them the great advantage of being able to assert 
a truth. As it is the only art which employs lan- 
guage for its instruments, it is the only one which 
can enunciate a proposition and command this chief 
element of the moral sublime. We will here add Mil- 
ton's definition of poetry, which is in itself perfect — 
that it "ought to be simple, sensuous, and impas- 
sioned ; that is to say, single in conception, abound- 
ing in sensible images, and informing them all with 
the spirit of the mind." 

Having now shown what true poetry is, we will 



INTRODUCTION. xiii 

note a few characteristics of the true poet. The true 
poet is he who not only thinks and feels more deeply 
and intensely than his fellow-men, but expresses his 
thoughts and feelings more elegantly, more accm-ate- 
ly, and more musically. We cannot conceive un- 
musical poetry any more than we can conceive 
shapeless statuary. Form is as essential as subject. 
But whence the origin of the beautiful thoughts and 
images which the poet presents to us clothed in his 
own language ? They are not the creations of his 
o^vn mind, as many think, not the emanations of his 
genius, or the productions of beauty out of the depths 
of his own personality — they are the creations of God; 
and the true poet moves as a seer and translator 
through the regions of beauty and truth that lie in 
the realities around him, seeking those things which 
are hidden from the mass of men, (whose eyes are 
covered with the film of familiarity,) and finding 
them, he imparts to others all this truth and loveli- 
ness which the Creator has written everywhere m 
nature, whether flaming on the walls of space, smiling 
in the flowers that adorn the green earth, or written 
on the human heart : it is thus the poet gives us ap- 
parent pictures of unapparent nature. 

Poetry may be divided into three classes — natural, 
moral, and religious. To be the successful poet of 
nature needs but the poetic vision, and much culture 
in the use of human speech; to be the successful 



XIV INTRODUCTION. 

poet of life and the social relations, demands not 
merely poetic sensibility but also moral cultm-e ; and 
to be the successful poet of religion needs not only 
the poetic vision and moral culture, but the vital 
action of religion on the soul : " An unction from the 
Holy One." 

In the daily wear of the spirit, if we can hardly 
keep fresh the affections appropriate to our relations 
of social and moral life, how much more difficult do 
we find it to preserve the affections and feelings 
relating to our spiritual life in all their purity and 
fervour. How great then the value of sacred poetry 
which addresses itself to the quickening and develop- 
ing of the religious affections. 

A great portion of the sacred writings contains 
poetry of the most impressive and spiritual charac- 
ter, and the Divine teaching is conveyed to us not in 
oratory but in the music and beauty of song, whose 
powers of influence for good are rarely appreciated. 
" There are no songs," says Milton, " comparable to 
the songs of Zion." 

There may be said to be two distinct forms or 
species of the poetry commonly called sacred, and 
these are characterized by two distinct principles or 
elements of power. 

One of these species deals chiefly Avith the form and 
movements of outward nature, grouping them in such 
various imagery of beauty or grandeur as may serve 



INTRODUCTION. X\' 

to excite the various sentiments of admiration, awe, 
and reverence. 

It is the poetry of natm-al religion in which the visi- 
ble creation stands forth as a grand symbol of Deity. 
But its religious quality is only incidental. In its 
essential character it is only the poetry of the im- 
agination, its processes and methods are simply de- 
scriptive, and its power is exclusively aesthetic. To 
this species belongs Byron's magnificent Address to 
the Ocean, beginning with. 

" Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty form ;" 

and even Addison's beautiful hymn on the glories 
of the heavens, which captivates the soul with its 
contemplations of the beauty, order, and harmony 
of creation, falls for the most part under the same 
species, addressing the sentiments more than the 
affections, and stirring the emotions of taste rather 
than inspiring the feelings of religious devotion. 

The other form or sj^ecies of sacred poetry is essen- 
tially lyrical, and belongs more to the affections than 
to the imagination; it enlists the devotional element 
of our nature as its highest power, and recites in 
glowing language the fervid experiences of the soul 
in its communion with God, the struggles of peni- 
tence, the triumphs of faith, and the aspirations of a 
holy hope, that soars from the grave to the skies. 

The poet, merely as a poet, fails to apprehend 



XVI INTRODUCTION. 

the true power of this poetry, for its inspiration is 
not an endowment of natural genius, but a gift of 
regeneration, conferred only by the indwelling of 
the Holy Ghost. 

"When the Psalmist exclaims, " As the hart panteth 
after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 
O God," though every one must feel the force and 
beauty of the natural imagery, yet only he who know^s 
by actual experience what that Divine longing is, 
how ardent is the passion, and with what mtensity 
it s-eizes and clings upon the soul, can appreciate the 
spirit of the verse, and feel the living truth more 
beautiful than its imagery, and more powerful than 
any form of mere poetry. But lest that fervour, which 
is the best characteristic of this species of poetry, 
should run into vulgar and irreverent extravagance, 
it should be guided by a truly poetic imagination and 
be chastised by a cultivated taste. 

Among the writers of sacred poetry none ex- 
hibit, in a more eminent degree, the qualities de- 
scribed in the preceding remarks, than Charles 
Wesley ; the variety of his compositions is great ; 
they have long enjoyed a well-established fame, and 
they stand upon their own intrinsic merits. As a 
valuable aid in the dissemination of Divine truth 
they are not unw^orthy of the praise of gaining 
•' listening ears to the harmonies of heaven." 

In the diversity of this volume will be found some 
of the most beautiful paraphrases of numerous pas- 



INTRODUCTION. xvii 

sages of the Sacred Trritings, combined with the truest 
and highest ideal of evangelical religion — the media- 
torial and personal truths of Christianity — namely, 
grace and holiness. 

Xo similar compositions extant are so free from 
the blemishes usually to be met with in many writers 
of sacred poetry. They are neither obsolete in man- 
ner nor abstruse in meaning, dry, rugged, or mystical, 
verbose or languid : they are pointed and powerful, 
no " middle flight " is aimed at ; the sentiment and 
diction being progressive and ascending, a lofty emi- 
nence is attained without effort. All their doctrines 
and phraseology have their root in the inspired TTord, 
and And their utterance accordingly. Another strik- 
ing feature in this poetry is, that notwithstanding all 
its vigour, warmth of piety, and intensity of expres- 
sion, there is a total absence of any language ap- 
proaching a sentimental and fondling phraseology ; 
nothing of the familiar and colloquial style, so irrever- 
ent in our intercourse with the Deity, nothing con- 
trary to correct judgment and devotional taste. By 
those of refined perception and elevated religious feel- 
ing, these compositions will be found to possess the 
strength, the purity, and the eloquence of the English 
language, combined with the highest degree of poetic 
inspiration. The author's genius is not only conse- 
crated, but subordinated to the higher principles of 
piety, and every theme is applied to the purposes of 



XVlll INTRODUCTION. 

vital personal godliness. " When poetry thus keeps 
its place as the handmaid of piety, it will attain, not 
a poor, perishable wealth, but a crown that fadeth not 
away." 

T. M. 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

The Christiax— Jacob's Ladder — A Soxg of Praise — Praise to the Re- 
deemer— Heavexlt Wisdom — Heateslt Jot — The Ixtitation — A Thaa-ks- 
GiviNG — Happdtess OF Saltatiox — Happixess of Obedience— Happiness 
of Christ's FoLLOiraRS— Happisess of thb Righteocs- The Good Shep- 
herd — For Believers — Image of God desired — The Kingdom of Grace, 

3-24 

PART II. 

The Means op Grace — Christ the Saviour of all SIen — Prayer for 
Restoring Grace — Blessed are they that Mourn — The Mourner 
Comforted — Pleading for Saltation — Faith in Christ — The Path of 
Faith — The Light of Faith — Christ the Author of Faith — The 
Righteousness of Faith — The Power of Faith — Prater for Faith — 
The Marks of Faith — The Power of Faith — The Faith of Abraham 
— Christ our Faith — Light in Bareness — Forgiveness Implored — 
DmNE Light— Prater against the Power of Sin — Restlessness op 
THE Soul — The Soul seeking its Rest— To Whom shall we Go? — The 
Woman op Canaan — The Good Samaritan — Seeking Rest in Christ — 
The Pool of Eethesda — Why will ye Die? — Lukewarmness — Prayer 
TO Christ— After a Relapse into Sin — A Prater under Con'viction — 
Prater for a Contrite Heart — Wrestling Jacob — Repentance — 
Waiting for Salvation — The Peace of God Sought — Resignation to 
Christ — Reliance on Christ — Looking unto Jesus — Salvation Sought 
— A Solemn Reflection — Christ our Rest — The Wanderer's Return 
— The Sinner's Plea — Call to Christ — Come, for all Things are 
Readt — The Waters of Life, 25-95 



PART III. 

The Lord's Prater— Desiring to Prat — Secret Prater— Prat without 
Ceasing — Prater — The Power of Prater — Avenge me of mine Adver- 
sary — Awake to Righteousness — The Beatitudes — In a Hurry op 
Business, 99-113 



XX CONTENTS. 



PART IV. 

The Mystery op Godliness — The Heavenly Fire — Moses's Wish— For 
Renewed Grace — In Temptation — An Act of Devotion — The Love of 
Christ the Sinner's Plea — Divine Love, L, II., III., IV,, V., YL, 
VIL, VIII llT-135 

PART V. 

Penitenck and Love — The Propitiation for our Sins — Sorrow for Sin 
— Restoration to the Favour of God— Repentance of Believers— 
Re-Union to God— Christ our Advocate and Friend— Long-Suffering 
of God — A Penitential Hymn — The Prodigal's Return — Renunciation 
OF Worldly Vanities— After a Relapse into Sin— Watch and Pray 
— Pay thy Vows— Christian Example— Filial Fear— Christian Re- 
sponsibility — The Captain of our Salvation— The Fear of God — 
Watch in all Things — For a Tender Conscience — For a New Heart, 

139-16i 
PART VI. 

Christ the Wat — In Worldly Care — The Lord our Guide — The Sacri- 
fice OF our Persons, I., II., in.— Desire for Salvation — The Author of 
ALL Good — Te Deum Laudamus — Praise to the Trinity — The Christian's 
Victory — The Reign of Christ — The Gift of Righteousness — Christ 
OUR Intercessor — Gloria in Excelsis — The Trinity— The Kingdom op 
God— The Godhead of Christ— The Name of the Lord Proclaimed— 
Mystery of the Trinity — The Sovereignty of God — The Peace of 
God — To God the Father — Prayer and Praise — Hymn to God the 
Father— In Temptation — Goodness and Mercy — Converse with God— > 
Justice and Mercy — Christ All in All — Mercy and Pardon— Praise 
to the Redeemer — Free Grace — A Thanksgiving, I., II. — The Year of 
Jubilee — Christ's Everlasting Love, 167-21^ 

PART VII. 

The Promise of Sanctification — The God of Jeshurun — The Christianas 
Rest— Holiness Desired — Prayer for Sanctification— Zion's Prosperi- 
ty—The New Creation — Purity of Heart Desired— Christ our Sanc- 
tification— The Pure in Heart— Rejoicing in Hope, I., II.— Hymn to 
God the Sanctifier— Hymn to the Holy Ghost— A Prayer for Holi- 
ness — Love the Fulfilling of the Law— The End of Christ's Com- 
ing — Wait on the Lord — Pure Religion — Devout Aspiration — The Mind 
op Christ — Christ our Physician and Purifier— The Inner Life— The 
Baptism of the Spirit — Hope of Salvation — Submission to Christ — 
Enoch's Faith — Prisoners op Hope — The Promised Land — Establish- 
ment IN Grace— Christ our Righteousness— The Spirit of Burning — 
The Communion of Saints, L, IL, III., IV., Y., VL, YIL, YIII., IX., 
X., XI 21T-27G 



CONTENTS 



PART VIII. 

Tjte Church Militant— Zealous Love— The whole Armour of God— The 
Resigxation — Trust in Providence — The Voyage of Life — Spiritual 
Resurrection — Tee Refuge— After Deliverance from Danger — In Af- 
fliction — Faithfulness of Christ — ^In Suffering — Christ our Pattern — 
Sympathy of Christ— The Trial of Faith— God our Protector— Christ 
our Preserver— Suffering Saints 279-303 

PART IX. 

The End op Life— The Traveller— Death Considered — Prelibation of 
Heaven — Death of the Righteous — The Glory to be Revealed — The 
Dying Christian— Eternity Considered — Conflagration of all Things 
— Reward of the Righteous — The Seventh Angel — Christ's Second 
CoMNG, L, II., III.— The Judgsient— The "Wise Tirgins — The Resurp.ec- 
TioN — The Final Victory — The Ransomed of the Lord — The Saints 
Glorified — The Church in Glory— The Redeemed in Heaven— The In- 
numerable Multitude — The New Jerusalem — To Die is Gain — The 
City of God, 807-S43 

PART X. 

The Holy Scriptures, L, XL, IIL, IV., V., VL, . 

The Lord's Supper, I., n., in., IV., V., VI, VH., VIII., 

The Incarnation of Christ, I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII. 

Tee Resurrection and Ascension, I., II., III., IV , V., V] 

The Extension of Christ's Kingdom, I., II., III., IV., V., 

For the Restoration of the Jews, 3S4 

PART XI. 

Morning Hymn, I., II., III., IV. V.— Evening Hymn, i., II., III., IV.— 
A Midnight Hymn— Birthday Hymn, I., II., III., IV. — For Whitsun- 
day, I., II. — The Day of Pentecost — The New-Tear, I., II., III. — In- 
fant Baptism, I., II.— For Children, I., II. — xIdult Baptism, L, II.— 
On the Death of a Widow— The Evangelist's Prayer — Daily Duties, 
I., n., ni. — Grace before Meat — At Table — Grace after Meat— 
The tr :e Use of Music — Public Prayer, I., n. — Greatness of the 
Deity — In a Storm at Sea, 3S9-431 

PART XII. 

A Litany Hymn — Communion with a Saint Departed — Primitive Christ- 
ianity — Catholic Christianity — Confession of Faith — Friendship — The 
Forgiveness of Sins — In the Beginning of a Recovery from Sick- 
ness — After a Recovery from Sickness — Our Lord's Address to Pe- 



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34T-351 


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352-360 


., VIIL, 


361-369 


,, VIL, 


370-376 


VI., 


37S-3S3 



XXii CONTENTS, 

TEK— Naomi and Ruth — Parental Suffering — On the Death of a Child 
— Epitaph on an Infant— On a Remoyal — ^Faith in God's Promises — 
On the Death of a Friend — On the Death of his Mother — In Pros- 
pect OF HIS OWN Death— Prayer for Final Sanctification, . 437-467 

Selections from a Poetical Version op the Psalms of David, . 4S3-694 

Short Hymns, principally on Particular Texts in the Book of 
Psalms, 001-637 

Paraphrases on Miscellaneous Texts op Scripture, . . . 63S-644 



SUPPLEMENT. 

The Lord's Prater— The Christian Pilgrim— The Waters of Life — 
Hope in Death— Christian Zeal — God our Portion— Renouncing all 
FOR Christ — Redemption Found — The Believer's Triumph — The Change 
— God's Love to Mankind— A Prater to Christ — Sufferings and 
Love of Christ — Confiding in God — Gratitude for our Conversion — 
On the Attributes of God — The Condescension op God — Trust in 
Providence — Living by Christ — Christ the Source of Grace — Redemp- 
tion Found— Christ Protecting and Sanctifying — The Soul seeking Re- 
pose IN God— Morning Dedication to Christ— The Believer's Sup- 
port_ijj Affliction or Pain — Public Worship — The Faithful Am- 
bassador—God's HUSBANDRT, 015-695 



PART I 



'•^LYRICA POliSLS PIU.M ELKMKXTU.M XOSTR.Ti NATUR/E 
VT EJUS MAXI.MAM VIM ATTRAHIT." 



Mxta ^0^trg. 



PART THE FIRST. 

THE C H R I S IM A N . 

AYho is as the Christian great ? 

Bought and washed with sacred blood; 
Crowns he sees beneath his feet, 

Soars aloft, and walks with God. 

"Who is as the Christian wise ? 

He his naught for all hath given ; 
Bought the pearl of greatest price, 

Xobly barter' d earth for heaven. 

Who is as the Christian bless'd ? 

He hath found the long-sought stone ; 
He is joined to Christ, his rest, 

He and happiness are one. 

Earth and heaven together meet. 
Gifts in him and graces joiu ; 

Make the character complete, 
All immortal, all divme. 



JACOB'S LADDER. 

Lo ! his clothing is the sun, 

The bright Sun of righteousness ; 

He hath put salvation on — 
Jesus is his beauteous dress. 

Lo ! he feeds on living bread, 
Drinks the fountain from above, 

Leans on Jesus' breast his head. 
Feasts for ever on his love. 

Angels here his servants are, 

Spread for him their golden wings. 

To his throne of glory bear, 
Seat him by the King of kings. 

Who shall gain that heavenly height ? 

Who his Saviour's face shall see ? 
I who claim it in his right, 

Christ hath bouscht it all for me. 



JACOB'S LADDER. 

Gen. 28 : 12, 13. 

What doth the ladder mean. 

Sent down from the Most High? 
Fasten'd to earth its foot is seen. 

Its summit to the sky. 
Lo ! up and down the scale 

The angels swiftly move. 
And God, the great Livisible, 

Himself appears above I 



JACOB'S LADDER. 

Jesus that ladder is, 

Th' incarnate Deity, 
Partaker of celestial bliss 

And human misery. 
Sent from his high abode, 

To sleeping mortals given. 
He stands, and man unites to God, 

And earth connects with heaven. 



Let Jacob's favor'd race 

The wondi'ous scale approve, 
Through which alone ^ye have access 

To that bright throne above. 
The foot on earth is fix'd, 

He in our nature dwells, 
Sinners and God He stands betwixt. 

And God to man reveals. 



The top our faith adores, 

The top transcends our sight ; 
Above all earthly things it soars. 

And all created height. 
His glorious majesty 

Our heavenly Lord maintains ; 
As God he dwells above the sky 

As God for ever reigns. 



Pursue the mystery — 
The duteous angel-train 

Ascending and descending, see 
Upon the Son of man ! 



JACOB'S LADDER. 

The ministerial host 

Their heavenly Lord attend; 
And us who in his mercy trust, 

He bids his guards defend. 



Through Christ, our living Way, 

Sent from above they come, 
Our spirits safely to convey 

To our eternal home : 
They watch each glorious heir, 

And when from flesh releas'd. 
Up to our Father's throne they bear 

And lodge us in his breast. 



Redeemer of mankind. 

Who on thy name rely, 
A constant intercourse we find 

Open'd 'twixt earth and sky. 
Mercy, and grace, and peace. 

Descend through thee alone; 
And thou dost all our services, 

Present before the throne. . 

On us thy Father's love 

Is for thy sake bestow'd ; 
Thou art our Advocate above, 

Thou art our way to God; 
Our way to God we trace, 

And through thy name forgiven, 
From step to step, from grace to grace, 

On thee we climb to heaven. 



A SONG OF PRAISE. 

A SONG OF PRAISE. 

Psalm 34 : I. Rev. 15:3. 

Meet and right it is to sing, 

In every time and place, 
Glory to our Heavenly King, 

The God of Truth and Grace ; . 
Join we then with sweet accord, 

All in one thanksgiving join! 
Holy, holy, holy Lord, 

Eternal praise be thine ! 

Thee, the first-born sons of light. 

In choral symphonies. 
Praise by day, day without night, 

And. never, never cease. 
Angels and archangels, all 

Praise the mystic Three in One ; 
Smg, and stop, and gaze, and fall, 

O'erAvhehned before thy throne ! 

Yyiug with that happy choir. 
Who chant thy praise above. 

We on eagle's wings aspire. 
The wings of faith and love; 

Thee thej/ sing Avith glory crown' d ; 
We extol the slaughter'd Lamb ; 

Lower if our voices sound. 
Our subject is the same. 

Father, God, thy loA'e Ave praise, 
Which gaA^e thy Son to die; 



PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. 

Jesus, full of truth and grace, 

Alike we glorify ; 
Spirit, Comforter divine, 

Praise by all to thee be given, 
Till we in full chorus join. 

And earth is turn'd to heaven. 



PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. 

Isaiah 35 : 5, 6. 45 : 22. John i : 29. 
Matthew 11:5. 24 : 14. 

O FOR a thousand tongues to sing 
My great Redeemer's praise ! 

The glories of my God and King, 
The triumphs of his grace ! 

My gracious Master, and my God, 

Assist me to proclaim, 
To spread through all the earth abroad 

The honors of thy Name. 

Jesus ! the Name that charms our fears, 
That bids our sorrows cease ; 

'Tis music in the sinner's ears, 
'Tis life, and health, and peace. 

He breaks the power of cancell'd sin. 

He sets the prisoner free ; 
His blood can make the foulest clean, 

His blood availed for me. 



PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. 

He speaks, — and listening to his voice, 

New life the dead receive ; 
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice ; 

The humble poor believe. 

Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, 
Your loosened tongues employ ; 

Ye blind, behold your Saviour come, 
And leap, ye lame, for joy. 

Look unto him, ye nations ; ovim 

Your God, ye fallen race ; 
Look, and be saved through faith alone. 

Be justified by grace. 

See all your sins on Jesus laid : 
The Lamb of God was slain : 

His soul was once an oflering made 
For every soul of man. 

Awake from guilty nature's sleep. 
And Christ shall give you light. 

Cast all your sins into the deep. 
And wash the ^thiop white. 

With me, your chief, ye then shall know. 
Shall feel, your sins forgiven; 

Anticipate your heaven below, 
And ovrn that love is heaven. 



lO HEAVENLY WISDOM. 

HEAVENLY WISDOM. 

Prov. 3 : 13-18. 

Happy the man that finds the grace, 
The blessmg of God's chosen race, 
The wisdom coming from above, 
The faith that sweetly works by love. 

Happy, beyond description, he 

Who knows "the Saviour died for me!" 

The gift unspeakable obtains. 

And heavenly understanding gains. 

Wisdom divine I Who tells the price 
Of Wisdom's costly merchandise ! 
Wisdom to silver, we prefer, 
And gold is dross compared to her. 

Her hands are fiU'd with length of days, 
True riches, and immortal praise ; 
Riches of Christ, on all bestow'd. 
And honor that descends from God. 

To purest joys she all invites. 
Chaste, holy, spiritual delights ; 
Her ways are ways of j)leasantness, 
And all her flowery paths are peace. 

Happy the man who Wisdom gains ; 
Thrice happy, who his guest retains! 
He owns, and shall for ever own. 
Wisdom, and Christ, and Heaven are one. 



THE INVITATION. 11 

HEAVENLY JOY. 

Rev. 22 : 17. 

A rou:N"TAiN of life and of grace 

Li Christ, our RecTeemer, we see ; 
For lis, who his offers embrace, 

For all it is open and free : 
Jehovah himself doth invite, 

To drink of his pleasures unknown ; 
The streams of immortal delight. 

That flow from his heavenly throne. 

As soon as in him we believe, 

By faith of his Spirit we take, 
And freely forgiven receive 

The mercy, for Jesus's sake: 
We gain a pure drop of his lo^'e ; 

The life of eternity know ; 
Angelical happiness prove. 

And witness a heaven below. 



THE INVITATION. 

Prov. 3 : 17. I John 5:11. John 3:16. 

Weaey souls that Avander wide 
From the central point of bliss. 

Turn to Jesus crucified, 

Fly to those dear wounds of his ; 

Sink into the purple flood; 

Rise into the life of God. 



12 A THANKSGIVING. 

Find in Christ the way of peace, 
Peace unspeakable, unknown! 

By his pain he gives you ease. 
Life by his expiring groan; 

Rise exalted by his fall, 

Find in Christ your all in all. 

O believe the record true, 

God to you his Son hath given; 

Ye may now be happy too, 

Find on earth the life of heaven 

Live the life of heaven above. 

All the life of glorious love. 

This the universal bliss. 

Bliss for every soul design'd; 

God's original promise this, 

God's great gift to all mankind. 

Blest in Christ this moment be, 

Blest to all eternity! 



A THANKSGIVING. 

Isaiah 35 : 10, Psalm 25 : 14. 
Psalm 89 : 15. Phil. 3 : 9. John 10 : 28. 

O AVHAT shall I do My Saviour to praise. 
So faithful and true, So plenteous in grace. 
So strong to deliver. So good to redeem, 
The weakest believer That hangs upon him ! 



HAPPINESS OF SALVATION. M 

How happy the man Whose heart is set free, 
The people that can Be joyful in thee ! 
Their joy is to walk in The light of thy face ; 
And still they are talking Of Jesns's grace. 

Their daily delight Shall be in thy name ; 
They shall as their right Thy righteousness claim : 
Thy righteousness wearing, And cleansed by thy blood 
Bold shall they appear in The presence of God. 

For thou art their boast. Their glory and power ; 
And I also trust To see the glad hour. 
My soul's new creation, A life from the dead. 
The day of salvation. That lifts up my head. 

For Jesus, my Lord, Is noAV my defence ; 
I trust in his Word, Kone plucks me from thence, 
Since I have found favoi*. He all things will do ; 
My King and my Saviour Shall make me anew. 

Yes, Lord, I shall see The bliss of thine own. 
Thy secret to me Shall soon be made known ; 
For sorrow and sadness I joy shall receive. 
And share in the gladness Of all that believe. 



HAPPINESS OF SALVATION. 

Isaiah 12 : 1-6. 

Happy soul, who sees the day, 
The glad day of gospel grace ! 

Thee, my Lord, (thou then wilt say,) 
Thee- will I for ever praise ; 



14 HAPPINESS OF SALVATION. 

Though thy wrath against me burii'd. 
Thou dost comfort me again; 

All thy wrath aside is turn'd, 
Thou hast blotted out my sin. 



Me, behold! thy mercy spares; 

Jesus my salvation is; 
Hence my doubts; away my fears;' 

Jesus is become my peace : 
Jah, Jehovah, is my -Lord, 

Ever merciful and just; 
I will lean upon his Word; 

I will on his promise trust. 



Strong I am, for he is strong; 

Just in righteousness divine: 
He is my triumphal song; 

All he has, and is, is mine; 
Mine — and yours^ whoe'er believe ; 

On his name whoe'er shall call. 
Freely shall his grace receive; 

He is full of grace for all. 



Therefore shall ye draw with joy 
Water from Salvation's well ; 

Praise shall your glad tongues employ, 
While his streaming grace ye feel. 

Each to each ye then shall say, 

" Sinners, call upon his name ; 

O rejoice to see his day ; 

See it, and his praise proclaim !" 



HAPPINESS OF OBEDIENCE. 15 

Glory to his name belongs, 

Great, and marvellous, and higli ; 
Sing mito the Lord your songs, 

Cry to every nation, cry ! 
Wondrous things the Lord hath done, 

Excellent his name we find ; 
This to all mankind is known, 

Be it kno^^Ti to all mankind ! 

Sion, shout thy Lord and King, 

Israel's Holt One is He ! 
Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing, 

Great is he, and dwells in thee. 
O the grace unsearchable ! 

While eternal ages roll, 
God delights in man to dwell, 

Soul of each believinor soul ! 



HAPPINESS OF OBEDIENCE. 

John 13 : 17. Psalm 31 : 19 5 40 : 3. 
Rev. 12 : I. Eph. 3 : 19. 

How happy are they Who their Saviour obey. 
And have laid up their treasures above ! 

Tongue cannot express The sweet comfort and peace 
Of a soul in its earliest love ! 

That comfort was mine, When the favor divine 
I first found in the blood of the Lamb ; 

When my heart it believed. What a joy I receivcd,^. 
What a heaven in Jesus's name ! 
3 



l6 HAPPINESS OF CHRIST'S FOLLOWERS. 

'Twas a heaven below My Redeemer to know, 
And the angels could do nothing more 

Than fall at his feet, And the story repeat. 
And the Lover of sinners adore. 

Jesus all the day long Was my joy and my song : 
Oh ! that all his salvation might see ! 

He hath loved me, I cried, He hath suffer'd and died. 
To redeem a poor rebel like me. 

On the wings of his love I was carried above 

All sin, and temptation, and pain ; 
I could not believe That I ever should grieve, 

That I ever should suffer again. 

I rode on the sky. Freely justified I ! 

Kor envied Elijah his seat ; 
My soul mounted higher. In a chariot of fire, 

And the moon it was under my feet. 

O the rapturous height Of that holy delight, 
Which I felt in the life-giving blood! 

Of my Saviour possest, I was perfectly blest. 
As if fill'd with the fulness of God. 



HAPPINESS OF CHRIST'S FOLLOWERS. 

Luke 6:12. Psalm 144 : 15. 

HoAV happy, gracious Lord ! are we. 
Divinely drawn to follow thee, 

Whose hours divided are 
Betwixt the mount and multitude : 
Our day is spent in doing good. 

Our night in praise and prayer. 



HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 17 

With US no melanclioly void, 
No period lingers unemploy'd, 

Or -unimproved, below : 
Our weariness of life is gone, 
Who live to serve our God alone. 

And only thee to know. 

The winter's night and summer's day, 
Glide imperceptibly away, 

Too short to sing thy praise : 
Too few we find the happy hours, 
And haste to join those heavenly powers. 

In everlasting lays. 

With all who chant thy name on high, 
And "Holy, Holy, Holy" cry, 

(A bright, harmonious throng !) 
We long thy praises to repeat, 
And restless sing, around thy seat, 

The new, eternal song. 



HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

Prov, I : 22. Jude i8. 2 Cor. 6 : lo. Rev. 3 : 4. 

Ye simple souls that stray 

Far from the path of peace, 
(That lonely, imfrequented way 

To life and happiness,) 
Why will ye folly love, 

And throng the downward road. 
And hate the wisdom from above. 

And mock the sons of God ? 



HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

Madness and misery 

Ye count our life beneath ; 
And nothing great or good can see, 

Or glorious, in our death : 
As only born to grieve, 

Beneath your feet we lie ; 
And utterly contemn'd we live. 

And unlamented die. 

So wretched and obscure, 

The men whom ye despise, 
So foolish, impotent, and poor, — 

Above your scorn we rise : 
We, through the Holy Ghost, 

Can witness better things ; 
For He, whose blood is all our boast, 

Hath made us Priests and Kings. 

Riches unsearchable 

In Jesu's love we know ; 
And pleasures, springing from the well 

Of life, our souls o'erflow ; 
The Spirit we receive 

Of wisdom, grace, and power ; 
And always sorrowful we live. 

Rejoicing evermore. 

Angels our servants are. 

And keep in all our ways ; 
And in their watchful hands they bear 

The sacred sons of grace : 
Unto that heavenly bliss 

They all our steps attend ; 
And God himself our Father is. 

And Jesus is our Friend. 



THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 19 

With him we walk in white ; 

"We in his image shine ; 
Our robes are robes of glorious light, 

Our righteousness divine : 
On all the kings of earth 

With pity we look down ; 
And claim, in virtue of our birth, 

A never-fadino^ crown. 



THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 

Isaiah 40 : 11. Ezek. 34 : 12-23. 
Luke 15 : 4-7. John 10 : 11-16. Matt. 25 : 33. 

Happy soul, that, free from harms, 
Kests within his Shepherd's arms ! 
WTio his quiet shall molest ? 
Who shall violate his rest ? 
Jesus doth his spirit bear : 
Jesus takes his every care : 
He who found the wandering sheep, 
Jesus, still delights to keep. 

O that I might so believe. 
Steadfastly to Jesus cleave ; 
On his only love rely. 
Smile at the destroyer nigh : 
Free from sin and servile fear, 
Have my Jesus ever near ; 
All his care rejoice to prove 
All his paradise of love ! 



20 FOR BELIEVERS. 

Jesus, seek thy wandering sheep, 
Bring me back, and lead, and keep 
Take on thee my every care ; 
Bear me, on thy bosom bear : 
Let me know my Shepherd's voice. 
More and more in thee rejoice ; 
More and more of thee receive ; 
Ever in thy Spirit live : 

Live, till all thy life I know. 
Perfect, through my Lord, below 
Gladly then from earth remove, 
Gather'd to the fold above : 
O that I at last may stand 
With the sheep at thy right hand ; 
Take the crown so freely given. 
Enter in by thee to heaven ! 



FOR BELIEVERS. 

John 17 : 3- 

My God, I am thine, What a comfort divine. 
What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine ! 
In the heavenly Lamb Thrice haj)py I am. 
And my heart it doth dance at the sound of his 
name. 

True pleasures abound In the rapturous sound ; 
And whoever hath found it, hath paradise found : 
My Jesus to know. And feel his blood flow, 
'Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below. 



IMAGE OF GOD DESIRED. 21 

Yet onward I haste To the heavenly feast : 
That, that is the fuhiess ; but this is the taste : 
And this I shall prove, Till with joy I remove 
To the heaven of heavens in Jesus's love. 



IMAGE OF GOD DESIRED. 

z Peter i : 4. Coll. 3 : 10. 

Maker, Saviour of mankind, 

Who hast on me bestow'd 
An immortal soul, design'd 

To be the house of God : 
Come, and novv^ reside in me, 

Xever, never to remove ; 
Make me just, and good, like thee, 

And full of power and love. 

Bid me in thy image rise, 

A saint, a creature new ; 
True, and merciful, and wise, 

And pure, and happy too : 
This thy primitive design. 

That I should in thee be blest ; 
Should, within the arms divine. 

For ever, ever rest. 

Let thy will on me be done ; 

Fulfil my heart's desire. 
Thee to know and love alone. 

And rise in raptures higher : 



22 THE KINGDOM OF GRACE. 

Thee, descending on a cloud, 
When with ravish'd eyes I see, 

Then I shall be fill'd with God 
To all eternity ! 



THE KINGDOM OF GRACE. 

Happy the souls to Jesus join'd 
And saved by grace alone ; 

Walking in all his ways, they find 
Their heaven on earth begun. 

The church triumphant in thy love. 
Their mighty joys we know : 

They sing the Lamb in hymns above, 
And we in hymns below. 

Thee, in thy glorious realm, they praise, 
And bow before thy throne ; 

We, in the kingdom of thy grace: 
The kingdoms are but one. 

The holy to the holiest leads ; 

From thence our spirits rise ; 
And he that in thy statutes treads, 

Shall meet thee in the skies. 



PART II 



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PART THE SECOND. 
THE MEANS OF GRACE. 

Psalm 51:6. z Cor. 3:6. 11 Tim. 3 : 5. Rom. 3 : 20. 
Psalm 46 : 10. Eph. 2 : 8. 

LoxG have I seem'cl to serve thee, Lord, 

With unavailing pain ; 
Fasted and pray'd. and read, thy word, 

And heard it preach" d in vain. 

Oft did I with th' assembly join, 

And near thine altar drew; 
A form of godliness was mine, 

The power I never knew. 

To please thee thus, at last I see, 
In vain I hoped, and strove : 

For what are outward things to thee, 
ITnless they spring from love? 

I see the perfect law requu-es 
Truth in the inward parts. 
Our full consent, our whole desires, 

Our undivided hearts. 



zO THE MEANS OF GRACE. 

But I of mea?is have made my boast, 

Of oneans an idol made, 
The spirit in the letter lost, 

The substance in the shade. 

I rested in the outward law, 
Nor knew its deep design; 

The length and breadth I never saw. 
And height of love divine. 

Where am I now? or what my hope? 

What can my weakness do? 
Jesus! to thee my soul looks up, 

'Tis thou must make it new. 

Thine is the work, and thine alone, 

But shall I idly stand? 
Shall I the written rule disown, 

And slight my God's command? 

Wildly shall I from thee turn back, 

A better path to find; 
Thine holy ordinance forsake. 

And cast thy words behind? 

Forbid it, gracious Lord, that I 
Should ever learn thee so ! 

]N'o; let me with thy word comply. 
If I thy love would know. 

Suffice for me, that thou my Lord, 
Hast bid me fast and pray: 

Thy will be done, thy name adored, 
'Tis only mine t' obey. 



THE MEANS OF GRACE. 27 

Thou bidd'st me searcli the sacred leaves, 

And taste the hallow'd "bread: 
The kind command my soul receives, 

And longs on thee to feed. 

Still for thy loving-kindness, Lord, 

I in thy temple wait; 
I look to find thee in thy word, 

Or at thy table meet. 

Here, in thine own appointed loays^ 

I wait to learn thy will: 
Silent I stand before thy face, 

And hear thee say, Be still! 

Be stilly and know that I am God ! 

'Tis all I live to know; 
To feel the virtue of thy blood. 
And spread its praise below. 

I wait my vigour to renew, 

Thine image to retrieve. 
The veil of outward things pass througli 

And gasp in thee to live. 

I work; and own the labour vain; 

And thus from work I cease : 
I strive and see my fruitless pain. 

Till God create my peace. 

I do the thing thy laws enjoin, 

And then the strife give o'er: 
To thee I then the whole resign, 

I trust in means no more. 



28 CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN. 

I trust in Him who stands between 
The Father's wrath and me: 

Jesu! thou great eternal mean, 
I look for all from thee. 

Thy mercy j)leads, thy truth requires, 
Thy promise calls thee down: 

l^ot for the sake of my desires — 
But O regard thuie own! 

I seek no motive out of thee : 

Thine own desires fulfil: 
If now thy bowels yearn on me, 

On me perform thy will. 

Doom, if thou canst, to endless pains. 
And drive me from thy face ; 

But if thy stronger love constrains. 
Let me be saved by grace. 



CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF ALL Pv4EN. 

Luke 23 : 34. i Cor. 15 : 22, 45. Luke 7 : 38. 11 Cor. 5 : 14. 

Would Jesus have the sinner die? 

Why hangs he then on yonder tree? 
What means that strange expiring cry? 
(Sinners, he prays for you and me:) 
" Forgive them. Father, O forgive : 
They know not that by me they live!" 



CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN. 29 

Adam descended from above, 

Om' loss of Eden to retrieve ; 
Great God of universal love, 

If all the world through thee may live. 
In us a quick'ning Spirit be. 
And witness thou hast died for me! 

Thou loving, all-atoning Lamb, 

Thee — by thy painful agony. 
Thy bloody sweat, thy grief and shame, 

Thy cross, and passion on the tree. 
Thy precious death and life — I pray. 
Take all, take all my sins away! 

O let me kiss thy bleeding feet, 

And bathe and wash them with my tears : 
The story of thy love repeat 

In every drooping sinner's ears ; 
That all may hear the quickening sound, 
Since I, even I, have mercy found! 

O let thy love my heart constrain, . 

Thy love for every sinner free ; 
That every fallen soul of man 

May taste the grace that found out me ; 
That all mankind with me may prove 
Thy sovereign, everlasting love! 



30 PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE. 

PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE. 

Hosea 14 : 4. Luke 7 : 34. Heb. 3:13. 

Jesus, Friend of sinners, hear, 

Yet once again I pray: 
From my debt of sin set clear, 

For I have nought to pay: 
Speak, O speak, the kind release, 

A poor backsliding soul restore ; 
Love me freely, seal my peace, 

And bid me sin no more. 

For my selfishness and pride. 

Thou hast withdrawn thy grace; 
Left me long to wander wide. 

An outcast from thy face; 
But I now my sins confess, 

And mercy, mercy, I implore: 
Love me freely, seal my peace, 

And bid me sin no more. 

Though my sins as mountains rise, 

And swell and reach to heaven, 
Mercy is above the skies, 

I may be still forgiven: 
Infinite my sins' increase. 

But greater is thy mercy's store : 
Love me freely, seal my peace, 

And bid me sin no more. 



PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE. 3I 

Sin's deceitfulness hath spread 

A hardness o'er my heart; 
But if thou thy Spirit shed, 

The stony shall depart: 
Shed thy love, thy tenderness, 

And let me feel thy soft'ning power, 
Love me freely, seal my peace. 

And bid me sin no more. 

From th' oppressive power of sin 

My struggling spirit free : 
Perfect righteousness bring in, 

Unspotted purity: 
Speak and all this war shall cease, 

And sin shall give its raging o'er : 
Love me freely, seal my peace. 

And bid me sin no more. 

For this only thing I pray. 

And this will I require. 
Take the power of sin away, 

Fill me with chaste desire 
Perfect me in holiness ; 

Thine image to my soul restore, 
Love me freely, seal my peace, 

And bid me sin no more. 



2 BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN. 

"BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN." 

Matt, 5 : 3, 4, 6. Rom. 14 : 17. Rom. 8 : 26. Isaiah 60 : 1 

Jesus, if still the same thou art, 

If all thy promises are sm-e. 
Set up thy kingdom in my heart. 

And make me rich, for I am poor ; 
To me be all thy treasm-es given. 
The kingdom of an inward heaven. 

Thou hast pronounced the mourners blest; 

And, lo ! for thee I ever mourn : 
I cannot, — no, I will not rest, 

Till thou, my only Rest, return; 
Till thou, the Prince of Peace, appear, 
And I receive the Comforter. 

Where is the blessedness, bestow'd 
On all that hunger after thee ? 

I hunger now, I thirst for God ; 
See the poor fainting sinner, see, 

And satisfy with endless peace. 

And fill me Avith thy righteousness! 

Ah, Lord, if thou art in that sigh, 
Then hear thyself within me pray ; 

Hear in my heart thy Spirit's cry, 

Mark what my labouring soul would say 

Answer the deep, unutter'd groan, 

And show that thou and I are one. 



THE MOURNER COMFORTED. 33 

Shine on thy work, disperse the gloom! 

Light in thy light I then shall see ; 
Say to my soul, "Thy light is come; 

Glory divine is risen on thee : 
Thy warfare's past ; thy mourning's o'er ; 
Look up, for thou shalt wee^^ no more." 

Lord, I believe the promise sure, 
And trust thou wilt not long delay : 

Hungry, and sorrowful, and poor, 
Upon thy word myself I stay ; 

Lito thine hands my all resign, 

And wait till all thou art is mine. 



THE MOURNER COMFORTED. 

Isaiah 40 : i. Heb. 12 : 6. Psalm 126 : 5, 6. 

Comfort, ye ministers of grace. 

Comfort my people, saith your God; 

Ye soon shall see his smiling face, 
His golden sceptre, not his rod; 

And own, when now the cloud's removed. 

He only chasten'd whom he loved. 

Who sow in tears, in joy shall reap; 

The Lord shall comfort all that mourn; 
Who now go on their way and weep. 

With joy they doubtless shall return. 
And bring their sheaves with vast increase, 
And have their fruit to holiness. 



34 PLEADING FOR SALVATION. 

PLEADING FOR SALVATION. 

Psalm 8 : 4. Ezek. 37 : 4, 5. Rev. 13:8. 

Regaedless now of things below, 
Jesus, to thee my heart aspires. 

Determined thee alone to know, 
Author and end of my desires : 

Fill me with righteousness divine: 

To end, as to begin, is thine. 

What is a worthless worm to thee? 

What is in man thy grace to move ? 
That still thou seekest those who flee 

The arms of thy pursuing love ? 
That still thine inmost bowels cry, 
" Why, sinner, wilt thou perish, why ? " 

Ah, show me. Lord, my depth of sin! 

Ah, Lord, thy depth of mercy show ! 
End, Jesus, end this war within! 

'No rest my spirit e'er shall know, 
Till thou thy quick'ning influence give : 
Breathe, Lord, and these dry bones shall live. 

There, there before the throne thou art, 
The Lamb ere earth's foundation slain ! 

Take thou, O take this guilty heart ! 
Thy blood will wash out every stain : 

No cross, no suflerings I decline; 

Only let all my heart be thine. 



FAITH IN CHRIST. 35 

FAITH IN CHRIST. 

I Thess. 5 : 10. 11 Cor. 9:15. 

Jesus hath died that I might live, 

Might live to God alone; 
In him eternal life receive, 

And be in spirit one. 

Saviour, I thank thee for the grace. 

The gift unspeakable! 
And wait with arms of faith t' embrace, 

And all thy love to feel. 

My soul breaks out in strong desire 

The perfect bliss to prove ; 
My longing heart is all on fire 

To be dissolved in love. 

Give me thyself; from every boast. 

From every wish set free : 
Let all I am in thee be lost; 

But give thyself to me. 

Thy gifts, alas, cannot suffice. 

Unless thyself be given ; 
Thy presence makes my paradise, 

And where thou art is heaven! 



36 THE PATH OF FAITH. 

THE PATH OF FAITH. 

Hab. 1:13. Micah 6 : 6-8. 1 Peter 2 : 24. 

Wheeewith, O Lord, shall I draw near, 
And bow myself before thy face ? 

How in thy purer eyes appear? 

What shall I brmg to gain thy grace ? 

Will gifts delight the Lord Most High ? 

Will multiplied oblations please? 
Thousands of rams his favour buy? 

Or slaughter'd hecatombs appease ? 

Can these avert the wrath of God? 

Can these wash out my guilty stain? 
Rivers of oil, and seas of blood, 

Alas ! they all must flow in vam : 

Whoe'er to thee themselves approve, 
Must take the path thy word hath show'd ; 

Justice pursue, and mercy love. 

And humbly Avalk by faith with God. 

But though my life henceforth be thine. 
Present for past can ne'er atone : 

Though I to thee the whole resign, 
I only give thee back thine own. 

What have I then wherein to trust? 

I nothing have, I nothing am; 
Excluded is my every boast, 

My glory swallow'd up in shame. 



THE LIGHT OF FAITH. 37 

Guilty I stand before thy face ; 

On me I feel thy wrath abide : 
'Tis just the sentence should take place; 

Tis just;— but, O, thy Son hath died! 

Jesus, the Lamb of God, hath bled ; 

He bore our sins upon the tree ; 
Beneath our curse he bow'd his head; 

'Tis finish' d ! he hath died for me! 

See where before the throne he stands, 
And pours the all-prevailing prayer! 

Points to his side, and lifts his hands, 
And shows that I am graven there ! 

He ever lives for me to pray; 

He prays that I with him may reign ; 
Amen to what my Lord doth say! 

Jesus, thou canst not pray in vam. 



THE LIGHT OF FAITH. 

Heb. 13:8. Heb. 11 : i. John 3 : 36. 

AuTHOE of fliith, eternal TTord, 

Whose Spirit breathes the active fiame ; 
Faith, like its Finisher and Lord, 

To-day, as yesterday the same : 

To thee our humble hearts aspire, 
And ask the gift unspeakable : 

Increase in us the kindled fire, 
In us the work of faith fulfil. 



3^ CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF FAITH. 

By faith we know thee strong to save : 
(Save ns, a present Saviour thou!) 

Whate'er we hope, by faith we have, 
Future and past subsisting now. 

To him that in thy name believes. 
Eternal life with thee is given; 

Into himself he all receives, 

Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 

The things unknown to feeble sense, 
Unseen by reason's glimmering ray. 

With strong, commanding evidence, 
Their heavenly origin display. 

Faith lends its realizing light. 

The clouds disperse, the shadows fly; 

Th' Invisible appears in sight. 
And God is seen by mortal eye. 



CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF FAITH. 

Matt. 7 : 7. Acts 17 : 23. Rev. 3:11. 12. Eph. 2 : i 
2 Cor. 3 : 14. 

Author of faith, to thee I cry. 

To thee, who would'st not have me die. 

But know the truth and live : 
Open mine eyes to see thy face, 
Work in my heart the saving grace, 

The life eternal give. 



CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF FAITH. 39 

Shut up in unbelief I groan, 

And blindly serve a God unknown, 

Till thou the veil remove : 
The gift unspeakable impart, 
And write thy name upon my heart, 

And manifest thy Love. 

I know the work is only thine. 
The gift of faith is all divine ; 

But, if on thee we call, 
Thou wilt the benefit bestow, 
And give us hearts to feel and know 

That thou hast died for all. 

Thou bidd'st us knock and enter in, 
Come unto thee and rest from sin. 

The blessing seek and find : 
Thou bidd'st us ask thy grace, and have : 
Thou canst, thou wouldst, this moment save 

Both me and all mankind. 

Be it according to thy word! 

^ow let me find my pardoning Lord ; 

Let what I ask be given : 
The bar of unbelief remove. 
Open the door of faith and love, 

And take me into heaven ! 



40 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH. 



THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH. 

Romans lo : 6-10. 

Oft I in my heart have said, 

Who shall ascend on high, 
Mount to Christ, my glorious Head, 

And bring him from the sky ? 
Borne on contemplation's wing, 

Surely I shall find him there, 
Where the angels praise their King, 

And gain the Morning-Star. 

Oft I in my heart have said, 

Who to the deep shall stoop. 
Sink with Christ among the dead, 

From thence to bring him up ? 
Could I but my heart prepare, 

By unfeign'd humility, 
Christ would quickly enter there, 

And ever dwell with me. 

But the righteousness of faith 
Hath taught me better things : 
" Inward turn thine eyes," it saith, 
(While Christ to me it brings,) 
" Christ is ready to impart 

Life to all, for life Avho sigh : 
In thy mouth and in thy heart, 
The word is ever niijh." 



THE POWER OF FAITH. 4I 



THE POWER OF FAITH. 

Gen. 32 : 24-31. Matt. 21 : 22. Matt. 9 : 23. 
Matt. 15 : 28. Micah 7 : 20. 

God of eternal truth and grace, . 

Thy faithful promise seal! 
Thj word, thy oath to Abraham's race, 

In us, even us, fulfil. 

Let us, to perfect love restored, 

Thy image here retrieve ; 
And in the presence of our Lord, 

The life of angels live. 

That mighty faith on me bestow. 

Which cannot ask in vain. 
Which holds, and will not let thee go, 

Till I my suit obtain : 

Till thou into my soul inspire 

The perfect love unknown. 
And tell my infinite desire, 
" Whate'er thou wilt, be done." 

But is it possible that I 

Should live and sin no more ? 

Lord, if on thee I dare rely. 
The faith shall bring the power. 

On me that faith divine bestow. 
Which doth the mountain move ; 

And all my spotless life shall show 
Th' omnipotence of love. 



42 PRAYER FOR FAITH. 



PRAYER FOR FAITH. 

I Peter 3:18. Hebrews 12:2. 

Father, I stretcli my hands to thee, 

N"o other help I know ; 
If thou withdraw thyself from me. 

Ah ! whither shall I go ? 

What did thy only Son endure 

Before I drew my breath; 
What pain, what labor to secure 

My soul from endless death! 

O Jesus, could I this believe, 
I now should feel thy power ; 

N'ow all my wants thou would'st relieve 
In this, th' accepted hour. 

Author of faith, to thee I lift 

My weary, longing eyes: 
O let me now receive that gift, 

My soul without it dies. 

Surely thou canst not let me die ; 

O speak, and I shall live! 
For here I will unwearied lie. 

Till thou thy Spirit give. 

How would my fainting soul rejoice. 

Could I but see thy face ! 
N"ow let me hear thy quick'ning voice. 

And taste thy pard'ning grace ! 



THE MARKS OF FAITH. 43 

THE Mx^RKS OF FAITH. 

I John 1:3. I Cor. 2 : 12. Rom. 8:16, 38, 39. 

How can a sinner know 

His sins on eartli forgiven ? 
How can my gracious Saviour show 

My name inscribed in heaven? 
What we have felt and seen, 

Witli confidence we tell ; 
And publish to the sons of men 

The sio'ns infallible. 



We who in Christ believe, 

That he for us hath died. 
We all his unknown peace receive, 

And feel his blood applied ; 
Exults our rising soul, 

Disburden'd of her load. 
And swells unutterably full 

Of glory and of God. 

His love, surpassing far 

The love of all beneath, 
We find within our hearts, and dare 

The pointless darts of death. 
Stronger than death and hell. 

The mystic power we prove; 
And, conquerors of the world, Ave dwell 

In heaven who dwell in Love. 



44 THE MARKS OF FAITH. 

We by Ills Spirit prove 

And know the things of God, 
The things which freely of his love 

He hath on us bestow'd ; 
His Spirit to us he gave, 

And dwells in us, we know; 
The witness in ourselves we have, 

And all its fruits we show. 

The meek and lowly heart 

That in our Saviour was. 
To us his Spirit doth impart. 

And signs us with his cross; 
Our nature's turn'd, our mind 

Transform' d in all its powers ; 
And both the Witnesses are join'd, 

The Spirit of God with ours. 

Whate'er. our pardoning Lord 

Commands, we gladly do ; 
And, guided by his sacred Word, 

We all his steps pursue : 
His glory our design, 

We live our God to please ; 
And rise, with filial fear divine, 

To perfect holiness. 



THE POWER OF FAITH. 45 

THE POWER OF FAITH. 

Mark 9 : 23. 

All things are possible to liim 
That can in Jesu's name believe : 

Lord, I no more thy truth blaspheme. 
Thy truth I lovingly receive ; 

I can, I do believe in thee ; 

All things are possible to me. 

The most impossible of all 

Is, that I e'er from sin should cease ; 
Yet shall it be, I know it shall ; 

Jesus, look to thy faithfulness ! 
If nothing is too hard for thee, 
All things are possible to me. 

Though earth and hell tlie word gainsay, 
The word of God can never fail ; 

The Lamb shall take my sins away 
'Tis certain, though impossible: 

The thing impossible shall be ; 

All things are possible to me. 

When thou the work of faith hast wrought, 
I here shall in thine image shine, 

ISTor sin in deed, or word, or thought; 
Let men exclaim, and fiends repine. 

They cannot break the firm decree ; 

All things are possible to me. 

Thy mouth, O Lord, hath spoke, hath sworn, 
That I shall serve thee without fear. 



4^ THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. 

Shall find the pearl which others spurn, 

Holy, and pure, and perfect here : 
The servant as his Lord shall be ; 
All things are possible to me. 

All things are possible to God, 

To Christ, the power of God in man, 

To me, when I am all renew' d, 

When I in Christ am formed again, 

And witness, from all sin set free, 

All things are possible to me. 



THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. 

Romans 4 : 16-25. 

Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord, 
My Saviour, and my Head, 

I trust in thee, whose powerful word 
Hath raised him from the dead. 

Thou know'st for my ofience he died, 

And rose again for me, 
Fully and freely justified. 

That I might live to thee. 

Eternal life to all mankind 
Thou hast in Jesus given; 

And all who seek, in him shall find 
The happiness of heaven. 

All nations of the earth are blest 
In him, who would restore. 



THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. 47 

And take them all into his rest, 
And bid them sin no more. 

O God! thy record I believe, 

In Abraham's footsteps tread; 
And wait, expecting to receive 

The Christ, the promised Seed. 

Faith in thy power thou seest I have. 
For thou this faith hast wrought ; 

Dead souls thou callest from their grave, 
And speakest worlds from nought. 

Things that are not, as though they were, 

Thou callest by their name ; 
Present with thee the future are. 

With thee, the great I AM. 

In hope, against all human hope. 

Self-desperate, I believe ; 
Thy quick'ning word shall raise me up, 

Thou shalt> thy Spirit give. 

The thing surpasses all my thought ; 

But faithful is my Lord; 
Through unbelief I stagger not, 

For God hath spoke the word. 

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees. 

And looks to that alone; 
Laughs at impossibilities. 

And cries, "It shall be done!" 

To thee the glory of thy power 
And faithfulness I give; 
5 



48 CHRIST OUR FAITH. 

I shall in Christ, at that glad hour, 
And Christ in me shall live. 

Obedient faith, that waits on thee, 
Thou never wilt reprove: 

But thou wilt form thy Son in me, 
And perfect me in love. 



CHRIST OUR FAITH. 

Romans 6 : i, 2. John 8 : 36, 

Jesu, Redeemer of mankind. 

How little art thou known 
By sinners of a carnal mind. 

Who claim thee for their own ; 

Who blasphemously call thee Lord, 

With lips and hearts unclean; 
But make thee, while they slight thy word, 

The minister of sin ? 

O wretched man! from guilt to dream 
Thy hardened conscience freed : 

When Jesus doth a soul redeem, 
He makes it free indeed. 

The guilt and power, with all thy art, 

Can never be disjoined; 
N'or will Cod bid the guilt depart, 

And leave the power behind. 



LIGHT IN DARKNESS. 49 

Faith, when it comes, breaks every chain, 

And makes us truly free : 
But Christ hath died for thee in vain, 

Unless he lives in thee. 

What is redemption in his blood 

But liberty within? 
A liberty to serve my God, 

And to eschew my sin. 



LIGHT IN DARKNESS. 

Isaiah 45 : 15. 

Thou God unsearchable, unknown. 
Who still conceal'st thyself from me ; 

Hear an apostate spirit groan. 

Broke oif, and banish' d far from thee 

But conscious of my fall I mourn, 

And fain I would to thee return. 

Send forth one ray of heavenly light, 
Of gospel hope, of humble fear. 

To guide me thi-ough the gulf of night. 
My poor desponding soul to cheer. 

Till thou my unbelief remoA'-e, 

And show me all thy glorious love. 

A hidden God indeed thou art; 

Thy absence I this moment feel; 
Yet must I own it from my heart, 

Conceal'd, thou art a Saviour still ; 
And though thy face I cannot see, 
I know thine eye is fix'd on me. 



50 FORGIVENESS IMPLORED. 

My Saviour thou, not yet reYeal'd, 
Yet will I tliee my Saviour call ; 

Adore thy hand, from sin withheld; 
Thy hand shall save me from my fall: 

i^ow, Lord, throughout my darkness shine, 

And show thyself for ever mine. 



FORGIVENESS IMPLORED. 

Col. 3 : 3. Psalm 73 : 25. 

O THAT I could my Lord receive. 
Who did the world redeem; 

Who gave his life, that I might live 
A life conceal'd in him! 

that I could. the blessing prove. 
My heart's extreme desire; 

Live happy in my Saviour's love. 
And in his arms expire! 

Mercy I ask to seal my peace. 
That, kept by mercy's power, 

1 may from every evil cease. 
And never grieve thee more! 

N"ow, if thy gracious will it be. 
Even now, my sins remove ; 

And set my soul at liberty. 
By thy victorious love. 

In answer to ten thousand prayers, 
Thou pardoning God, descend! 



DIVINE LIGHT. 

Number me with salvation's heirs, 
My sins and troubles end! 

Nothing I ask or want beside, 
Of all in earth or heaven. 

But let me feel thy blood applied, 
And live and die forgiven. 



DIVINE LIGHT. 

Gen. I : 2, 3. 2 Cor. 4 : 6. Psalm 5:7. 2 Chron. 6:21. 

Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, 
And brooding o'er my nature's night. 

Call forth the ray of heavenly Love; 
Let there in my dark soul be light; 

And fill the illustrated abyss 

With glorious beams of endless bliss. 

"Let there be light," again command, 
And light there in our hearts shall be. 
We then through faith shall understand 

Thy great mysterious Majesty; 
And by the shining of thy grace. 
Behold in Christ thy glorious face. 

Father of everlasting grace, 

Be mindful of thy changeless word; 

We worship toward that Holy Place, 
In which thou dost thy name record. 

Dost make thy gracious nature known ; 

That living Temple of thy Son, 



52 PRAYER AGAINST THE POWER OF SIN. 

Thou dost with sweet complacence see 
The temple fill'd with light divine; 

And art thou not well pleased with me, 
Who, turning to that heavenly shrine, 

Through Jesus to thy throne apply, 

Through Jesus for acceptance cry? 

With all who for redemption groan, 
Father, in Jesu's name I pray ! 

And still we cry and wrestle on 
Till mercy take our sins away: 

Hear from thy dwelling-place in heaven. 

And now pronounce our sins forgiven. 



PRAYER AGAINST THE POWER OF SIN. 

Isaiah 64 : i. Mai. 4: i. Mark 10 : 27. Psalm 121 : i. 

O THAT thou would'st, the heavens rent. 

In majesty come down ; 
Stretch out thine arm omnipotent, 

And seize me for thine own ! 

Descend, and let thy lightning burn 

The stubble of thy foe ; 
My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, o'erturn, 

And make the mountains flow ! 

Thou my impetuous spirit guide. 
And curb my headstrong will ; 

Thou only canst drive back the tide. 
And bid the sun stand still. 



PRAYER AGAINST THE POWER OF SIN. 53 

What though I cannot break my chain, 

Or e'er throw off my load? 
The things impossible to men, 

Are possible to God. 

Is there a thing too hard for thee, 

Almighty Lord of all ; 
Whose threatening looks dry up the sea, 

And make the mountains fall ? 

Who, "who shall in thy presence stand, 

And match Omnij^otence ? 
Ungrasp the hold of thy right hand. 

Or pluck the sinner thence ? 

Sworn to destroy, let earth assail; 

Nearer to save thou art : 
Stronger than all the powers of hell. 

And greater than my heart. 

Lo ! to the hills I lift mine eye ; 

Thy promised aid I claim : 
Father of Mercies, glorify 

Thy favourite Jesu's Name. 

Salvation in that name is found, 

Balm of my grief and care ; 
A medicine for my every wound, 

All, all I want is there. 

Jesu! Redeemer, Saviour, Lord, 

The weary sinner's friend ; 
Come to my help, pronounce the word, 

And bid my troubles end. 



54 PRAYER AGAINST THE POWER OF SIN. 

Deliverance to my soul proclaim, 

And life, and liberty : 
Shed forth the virtue of thy Name, 

And Jesus prove to me ! 

Faith to be heal'd thou know'st I have ; 

For thou that faith hast given: 
Thou canst, thou wilt the sinner save. 

And make me meet for heaven. 

Thou canst o'ercome this heart of mine; 

Thou wilt victorious prove ; 
For everlasting strength is thine. 

And everlasting love. 

Thy powerful Spirit shall subdue 

Unconquerable sin ; 
Cleanse this foul heart, and make it new, 

And write thy law within. 

Bound down with twice ten thousand ties, 

Yet let me hear thy call. 
My soul in confidence shall rise. 

Shall rise and break through all. 

Speak, and the deaf shall hear thy voice ; 

The blind his sight receive ; 
The dumb in songs of praise rejoice ; 

The heart of stone believe. 

The Ethiop then shall change his skin ; 

The dead shall feel thy power ; 
The loathsome leper shall be clean. 

And I shall sin no more. 



RESTLESSNESS OF THE SOUL. 55 



RESTLESSNESS OF THE SOUL. 

Isaiah I : 5, 6. Rev. 3 : 17. i Kings 19:19. 2 Cor. 8 : 9. 
I Peter 5 : 15. 

Wretched, helpless, and distrest, 

Ah ! whither shall I fly ? 
Ever gasj)ing after rest, 

I cannot find it nigh : 
iNTaked, sick, and poor, and blind, 

Fast bound in sin and misery. 
Friend of sinners, let me find 

My help, my all, in thee ! 

I am all unclean, unclean. 

Thy purity I want; 
My whole heart is sick of sin. 

And my whole head is faint : 
Full of putrefying sores, 

Of bruises, and of wounds, my soul 
Looks to Jesus, help implores. 

And gasps to be made whole. 

In the wilderness I stray, 

My foolish heart is blind ; 
Nothing do I know; the Y>^ay 

Of peace I cannot find : 
Jesu, Lord, restore my sight, 

And take, O take the veil away; 
Turn my darkness into light, 

My midnight into day. 

Naked of thine image. Lord, 
Forsaken, and alone. 



56 RESTLESSNESS OF THE SOUL. 

Unrenew'd, and unrestored, 

I have not thee put on : 
Over me thy mantle spread, 

Send down thy likeness from ahove ; 
Let thy goodness be display'd, 

And wrap me in thy love. 

Poor, alas ! thou know'st I am. 

And would be poorer still ; 
See my nakedness and shame, 

And all my vileness feel : 
No good thing in me resides. 

My soul is all an aching void, 
Till thy Spirit here abides, 

And I am fill'd with God. 

Jesus, full of truth and grace. 

In thee is all I want ; 
Be the wanderer's resting-place, 

A cordial to the faint ; 
Make me rich, for I am poor ; 

In thee may I my Eden find ; 
To the dying health restore. 

And eyesight to the blind ! 

Clothe me with thy holiness. 

Thy meek humility ; 
Pat on me my glorious dress, 

Endue my soul with thee ; 
Let thine image be restored. 

Thy name and nature let me prove ; 
With thy fulness fill me. Lord, 

And perfect me in love. 



THE SOUL SEEKING ITS REST. 57 



THE SOUL SEEKING ITS REST, 

And have I measured half my days, 

And half my journey run, 
Nor tasted the Redeemer's grace, 

ISTor yet my work begun ? 

The morning of my life is past. 

The noon is almost o'er ; 
The night of death approaches fast, 

When I can work no more. 

Darkness he makes his secret place, 
Thick clouds surround his throne ; 

Nor can I yet behold his face, 
Or find the God Unknown. 

A God that hides himself he is. 

Far off from mortal sight ; 
An inaccessible Abyss 

Of uncreated light. 

Far off he is, yet always near ; 

He fills both earth and heaven. 
But doth not to my soul appear ; 

My soul from Eden driven. 

O'er earth a banish'd man I rove. 

But cannot feel him nigh : 
Where is the pardoning God of Love, 

Who stoop'd for me to die ? 



58 THE SOUL SEEKING ITS REST. 

I sought him in the secret cell 

With unavailing care : 
Long did I in the desert dwell, 

Nor could I find him there. 

Still every means in vain I try ; 

I seek him far and near ; 
Where'er I come constrain'd to cry : 
"My Saviour is not here." 

God is in this and every place : 
Yet oh ! how dark and void 

To me ! 'tis one great wilderness, 
This earth without my God ! 

Empty of him who all things fills. 

Till he his light impart ; 
Till he his glorious self reveals. 

The veil is on my heart. 

O Thou who seest and know'st my grief, 

Thyself unseen, unknown ! 
Pity my helpless unbelief, 

And take away the stone ! 

Regard me with a gracious eye ; 

The long-sought blessing give ; 
And bid me, at the point to die, 

Behold thy face, and live ! 

A darker soul did never yet 
Thy promised help implore : 

O ! that I now my Lord might meet. 
And never lose him more ! 



TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? 59 

TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? 

John 6 : 68. Psalm 139 : 23, 24. i Tim. 2 : 4. 

Ah ! whither should I go, 

Burden' d, and sick, and faint ; 
To whom should I my troubles show, 

And pour out my complaint ? 
My Saviour bids me come ; 

Ah ! why do I delay ? 
He calls the weary sinner home, 

Ajid yet from him I stay ! 

What is it keeps me back, 

From which I cannot part ? 
Which will not let my Saviour take 

Possession of my heart ? 
Some cursed thing unknown 

Must surely lurk within ; 
Some idol, which I will not own, 

Some secret bosom-sin. 

Jesus, the hind'rance show. 

Which I have fear'd to see ; 
Yet let me now consent to know 

What keeps me out of thee : 
Searcher of Hearts, in mine 

Thy trying power display ; 
Into its darkest corners shine, 

And take the A^eil away. 

I now believe, in thee 
Compassion reigns alone ; 



6o THE WOMAN OF CANAAN. 

According to my faith, to me 
O let it, Lord, be done ! 

In me is all the bar, 

Which thou would' st fain remove 

Remove it, and I shall declare 
That God is only Love. 



THE WOMAN OF CANAAN. 

Matthew 15 : 22-28. 

LoED, regard my earnest cry ; 

A potsherd of the earth, 
A poor guilty worm am I, 

A Canaanite by birth : 
Save me from this tyranny ; 

From all the power of Satan save ; 
Mercy, mercy upon me, 

Thou Son of David, have ! 

To the sheep of Israel's fold 

Thou in thy flesh wast sent ; 
Yet the Gentiles now behold 

In thee their Covenant : 
See me then, with pity see, 

A sinner whom thou cam'st to save ! 
Mercy, mercy upon me. 

Thou Son of David, have ! 

Still I cannot part with thee ! 
I will not let thee go : 



THE WOMAN OF CANAAN. 6l 

Mercy, mercy upon me, 

Thou Son of David, show ! 
Vilest of the sinful race, 

On thee, importunate, I call : 
Help me, Jesus, show thy grace ; 

Thy grace is free for all. 

Nothing am I in thy sight ; 

Nothing have I to plead ; 
Unto dogs it is not right 

To cast the children's bread : 
Yet the dogs the crumbs may eat, 

That from the master's table fall ; 
Let the fragments be my meat ; 

Thy grace is free for all. 

Give me, Lord, the victory. 

My heart's desire fulfil : , 
Let it now be done to me 

According to thy will ! 
Give me living bread to eat. 

And say, in answer to my call, 
" Canaanite, thy faith is great ! 

My grace is free for all." 

If thy grace for all is free, 

Thy call now let me hear ; 
Show this token upon me. 

And bring salvation near : 
Now the gracious word repeat, 

The word of healing to my soul : 
" Canaanite, thy faith is great ! 

Thy faith, hath made thee whole." 



62 THE GOOD SAMARITAN. 

THE GOOD SAMARITAN. 

Luke lo : 30. 

Woe is me ! what tongue can tell 

My sad afflicted state ! 
Who my anguish can reveal, 

Or all my woes relate ? 
Fallen among thieves I am, 

And they have robb'd me of my God ; 
Turn'd my glory into shame. 

And left me in my blood. 

O thou good Samaritan ! 

In thee is all my hope ; 
Only thou canst succour man. 

And raise the fallen up : 
Hearken to my dying cry ; 

My wounds compassionately see ; 
Me, a sinner, pass not by, 

Who gasp for help to thee. 

Still thou journey'st where I am, 

And still thy bowels move : 
Pity is with thee the same. 

And all thy heart is love: 
Stoop to a poor sinner, stoo]), 

And let thy healing grace abound ; 
Heal my bruises, and bind up 

My spirit's every wound. 

Saviour of my soul, draw nigh. 
In mercy haste to me ; " 



THE GOOD SAMARITAN. 63 

At the point of death I lie, 

And cannot come to thee ; 
Now thy kind relief afford, 

The wine and oil of grace pour in : 
Good Physician, speak the word, 

And heal my soul of sin. 

Pity to my dying cries 

Hath drawn thee from above ; 
Hovering over me, with eyes 

Of tenderness and love, 
Now, ev'n now, I see thy face ; 

The balm of Gilead I receive : 
Thou hast saved me by thy grace, 

And bade the sinner live. 

Surely now the bitterness 

Of second death is joast ; 
O my life, my righteousness ! 

On thee my soul is cast : 
Thou hast brought me to thine inn, 

And I am of thy promise sure ; 
Thou shalt cleanse me from all sin, 

And all my sickness cure. 

Perfect, then, the Avork begun. 

And make the sinner whole ; 
All thy wdll on me be done. 

My body, spirit, soul : 
Still preserve me safe from harms. 

And kindly for thy patient care ; 
Take me, Jesus, to thine arms, 

And keep, me ever there. 



64 SEEKING REST IN .CHRIST. 

SEEKING REST IN CHRIST. 

Matt. II : 28. 

THAT my load of sin were gone ! 
O that I could at last submit 

At Jesu's feet to lay it down, 
To lay my soul at Jesu's feet I 

When shall mine eyes behold the Lamb ? 

The God of my salvation see ? 
Weary, O Lord, thou know'st I am ; 

Yet still I cannot come to thee. 

Rest for my soul I long to find : 
Saviour of all, if mine thou art. 

Give me thy meek and lowly mind. 
And stamp thine image on my heart. 

Break off the yoke of inbred sin, 
And fully set my spirit free : 

1 cannot rest till pure within. 
Till I am wholly lost in thee. 

Fain would I learn of thee, my God ; 

Thy light and easy burden prove. 
The cross, all stain'd with hallow'd blood. 

The labour of thy dying love. 

This moment I would take it up. 
And after my dear Master ^bear ; 

With thee ascend to Calvary's top, 
And bow my head and suffer there. 



THE POOL OF BETHESDA. 65 

I would, but thou must give the power ; 

My heart from every sin release ; 
Bring near, bring near, the joyful hour, 

And fill me with thy perfect peace. 

Come, Lord, the drooping sinner cheer, 
Nor let thy chariot- wheels delay ; 

Appear, in my poor heart appear ! 
My God, my Saviour, come away! 



THE POOL OF BETHESDA. 

John 5 : 2-9. 

Jesus, take my sins away. 

And make me know thy name ! 
Thou art now as yesterday. 

And evermore the same : 
Thou my true Bethesda be ; 

I know within thine arms is room ; 
All the world may unto thee. 

Their House of Mercy, come. 

See me lying at the pool. 

And waiting for thy grace ; 
O come down into my soul, 

Disclose thy angel-face ! 
If to me thy bowels move. 

If now thou dost my sickness feel, 
Let the Spirit of thy Love 

The helpless sinner heal. 



66 THE POOL OF BETHESDA. 

Persons tliou dost not respect ; 

Whoe'er for mercy call, 
Thou in no wise wilt reject ; 

Thy mercy is for all : 
Thou would'st freely all restore, 

Would all the gracious season find, 
Fill with goodness, love, and power, 

And with a healthful mind. 

Mercy then there is for me, 

(Away my doubts and fears !) 
Plagued with an infirmity 

For many tedious years. 
Jesus, cast a pitying eye ! 

Thou long hast known my desperate case : 
Poor and helpless here I lie. 

And wait the healing grace. 

Long hath thy good Spirit strove 

With my distemper'd soul ; 
But I still refused thy love. 

And would not be made whole : 
Hardly now at last I yield, 

I yield with all my sins to part ; 
Let my soul be fully heal'd. 

And throughly cleansed my heart. 

Pain and sickness, at thy word, 

And sin, and sorrow flies : 
Speak to me. Almighty Lord, 

And bid my spirit rise ; 
Bid me bear the hallow' d cross. 

Which thou, my Lord, hast borne before ; 
Walk in all thy righteous laws, 

And go and sin no more. 



WHY WILL YE DIE ? 67 

WHY WILL YE DIE? 

Ezek. 18 : 31. Matt. 7 : 21. Isa. 5 : 4. John 5 : 40. 

SiNNEES, turn, why will ye die ? 
God, your Maker, asks you why : 
God, who did your being give, 
Made you with himself to live : 
He the fatal cause demands. 
Asks the work of his own hands, 
Why, ye thankless creatures, why 
Will ye cross his love and die ? 

Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? 
God, your Saviour, asks you why : 
God, who did your souls retrieve. 
Died himself, that ye might live. 
Will you let him die in vain ? 
Crucify your Lord again ? 
Why, ye ransom'd sinners, why 
Will you slight his grace, and die ? 

Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? 
God, the Spirit, asks you why : 
He who all your lives hath strove. 
Wooed you to embrace his love : 
Will you not his grace receive ? 
Will you still refuse to live ? 
Why, ye long-sought sinners, why 
Will you grieve your God, and die ? 

Dead already, dead within. 
Spiritually dead in sin : 



68 WHY WILL YE DIE ? 

Dead to God, while here you breathe ; 
Pant ye after second death? 
Will you still in sin remain; 
Greedy of eternal pain ? 
O, ye dying sinners, why, 
Why will you for ever die? 

Let the beasts their breath resign, 
Strangers to the life divine ; 
Who their God can never know, 
Let their spirit downward go. 
You for higher ends were born 
You may all to God return ; 
Dwell with him above the sky; 
Why will you for ever die ? 

You, on whom he favours showers ; 
You, possest of nobler powers ; 
You, of reason's powers possest ; 
You, with will and memory blest ; 
You, with finer sense endued, 
Creatures capable of God : 
Noblest of his creatures, why, 
Why will you for ever die ? 

You, whom he ordain'd to be 
Transcripts of the Deity ; 
You, whom he in life doth hold: 
You, for whom himself was sold ; 
You, on whom he still doth wait, 
Whom he would again create : 
Made by him and purchased, why, 
Why will you for ever die ! 



WHY WILL YE DIE ? 69 

You, who OAvn his record true ; 
You, his chosen people, you ; 
You who call the Saviour, Lord ; 
You, who read his written Word ; 
You, who see the gospel light ; 
Claim a crown in Jesu's right : 
Why will you, ye Christians, why 
Will the house of Israel die ? 

What could your Redeemer do, 
More than he hath done for you? 
To procure your peace with God, 
Could he more than shed his blood? 
After all his waste of love. 
All his drawings from above. 
Why will you your Lord deny ? 
Why will you resolve to die ? 

Turn, he cries, ye sinners, turn; 
By his life your God hath sworn. 
He would have you turn and live, 
He would all the world receive. 
If your death were his delight, 
Would he you to life invite ? 
Would he ask, obtest, and cry. 
Why will you resolve to die ? 

Sinners, turn, while God is near : 
Dare not think him insincere : 
N'ow, even now, your Saviour stands ; 
All day long he spreads his hands ; 
Cries, " Ye will not happy be ! 
No, ye will not come to me ! 



70 AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN. 

Me, who life to none deny : 
Why will you resolve to die ?" 

Can you doubt if God is love ? 
If to all his bowels move ? 
Will you not his Word receive ? 
Will you not his Oath believe? 
See! the suifering God appears! 
Jesus weeps ; believe his tears ! 
Mingled with his blood, they cry, 
*' Why will you resolve to die ?" 



AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN. 

Heb. lo : 29. Luke 13 : 7, 8. Lulce 22 : 61, 62. Hos. 11 

Depth of mercy, can there be 
Mercy still reserved for me ? 
Can my God his wrath forbear? 
Me, the chief of sinners, spare ? 
I have long withstood his grace, 
Long provoked him to his face ; 
Would not hearken to his calls; 
Grieved him by a thousand falls. 

I have spilt his precious blood, 
Trampled on the Son of God ; 
Fill'd with pangs unspeakable! 
I, who yet am not in hell! 
Whence to me this waste of love; 
Ask my Advocate above ; 
See the cause in Jesu's face. 
Now before the throne of grace. 



AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN. 71 

Lo ! I cumber still the ground : 
Lo ! an advocate is found ! 
" Hasten not to cut him down ; 
Let this barren soul alone :" 
Jesus speaks, and pleads his blood! 
He disarms the wj'ath of God ! 
Now my Father's bowels move ; 
Justice lingers into love. 

Kindled his relentings are ; 

Me he now delights to spare ; 

Cries, " How shall I give thee up ?" 

Lets the lifted thunder droj). 

There for me the Saviour stands ; 

Shows his wounds and spreads his hands ! 

God is love! I know, I feel; 

Jesus weeps, and loves me still ! 

Jesus, answer from above: 
Is not all thy nature love? 
Wilt thou not the wrong forget? 
Suffer me to kiss thy feet? 
If I rightly read thy heart, 
If thou all compassion art. 
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow ! 
Pardon and accept me now. 

Pity from thine eye let fall; 
By a look my soul recall; 
Xow the stone to flesh convert, 
Cast a look, and break my heart. 
ISlow incline me to repent; 
Let me now my fill lament ; 
Now my foul revolt deplore ; 
Weep, believe, and sin no more. 



LUKEWARMNESS. 



LUKEWARMNESS. 

Rev. 3 : 15, i8. I Tim, 5 : 6, Luke 13 : 24. 2 Tim, 3 : 5. 
2 Pet. 2 : 21. Matt. 11 : 24. Gal. 5 : 6. Job 34 : 31. 

God of unspotted purity, 

Us and our works canst tliou behold ! 
Justly we are abhorr'd by tbee, 

For we are neither hot nor cold. 

We call thee Lord, thy faith profess, 
But do not from our hearts obey; 

In soft Laodicean ease 

We sleep our useless lives away. 

We live in pleasure, and are dead. 

In search of fame and wealth we live : 
Commanded in thy steps to tread, 

We seek sometimes, but never strive. 

A lifeless form we still retain ; 

Of this we make our empty boast, 
Kor know the name we take in vain ; 

The power of godliness is lost. 

How long, great God, have we appear'd 

Abominable in thy sight! 
Better that we had never heard 

Thy word, or seen the gosjoel light. 

Better that we had never known 

The way to heaven through saving grace, 

Than basely in our lives disown. 

And slight and mock thee to thy face. 



LUKEWARMNESS. 73 

Thou rather would'st that we were cold, 
Than seem to serve thee Avithout zeal ; 

Less guilty, if with those of old. 

We worshipp'd Tlior and Woden still. 

Less grievous will the judgment-day 
To Sodom and Gomorrah prove, 

Than us, who cast our foith away 
And trample on thy richer love. 

O let us our own works forsake, 
Ourselves, and all we have deny! 

Thy condescending counsel take. 

And come to thee, pure gold to buy. 

O might we, through thy grace, attain 
The faith thou never wilt reprove ; 

The faith that purges every stain, 
The faith that always works by love ! 

O might we see in this our day. 
The things belonging to our peace. 

And timely meet thee in thy way 
Of judgments, and our sins confe? 

Thy fatherly chastisements own ; 

With filial awe revere thy rod ; 
And turn, with zealous haste, and run 

Into the outstretch' d arms of God. 



74 PRAYER TO CHRIST. 

PRAYER TO CHRIST. 

I John 2 : I. 

Jesus, my Advocate above, 
My Friend before the throne of love ; 
If now for me prevails thy prayer. 
If now I find thee pleading there ; 
If thoii the secret wish convey, 
And sweetly prompt my heart to pray; 
Hear, and my weak petitions join, 
Almighty Advocate, to thine! 

Fain would I knoAV my ntmost ill. 
And groan my natm-e's weight to feel ; 
To feel the clouds that round me roll. 
The night that hangs upon my soul. 
The darkness of my carnal mind. 
My will perverse, my passions blind, 
Scatter'd o'er all the earth abroad, 
Immeasurably far from God! 

Jesu, my heart's desire obtain ; 
My earnest suit present, and gain ; 
My fulness of corruption show. 
The knowledge of myself bestow; 
A deeper disi^lacence at sin, 
A sharper sense of hell within, 
A stronger struggling to get free, 
A keener appetite for thee! 

O sovereign Love, to thee I cry ; 

Give me thyself, or else I die; 

Save me from death ; from hell set free ' 



A PRAYER UNDER CONVICTION. 

Death, hell, are but the want of thee. 
Quicken'd by thy imparted flame. 
Saved, when possess' d of thee, I am ; 
My life, my only heaven thou art ; 
O might I feel thee in my heart! 



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PRAYER UNDER CONVICTION 

Matt. 6 : 8, 26. Isaiah 65 : 24. Rom. 7 : 21. 

Father of lights, from whom proceeds 
Whate'er thy every creature needs ; 
Whose goodness, providently nigh. 
Feeds the young ravens when they cry ; 
To thee I look : my heart prepare ; 
Suggest, and hearken to my prayer. 

Since by thy light myself I see 
Naked, and poor, and void of thee. 
Thy eyes must all my thoughts survey. 
Preventing what my lips would say ; 
Thou seest my wants, for help they call. 
And, ere I speak, thou know'st them all. 

Thou know'st the baseness of my mind, 
Wayward, and impotent, and blind ; 
Thou know'st how unsubdued my will, 
Averse from good, and prone to ill; 
Thou know'st how wide my passions rove, 
Nor check'd by fear, nor charm'd by love! 

Fain would I know, as known by thee, 
And feel the indigence I see ; 



76 PRAYER FOR A CONTRITE HEART. 

Fain would I all my vileness own, 
And deep beneath the burden groan; 
Abhor the pride that lurks within, 
Detest and loathe myself and sin. 

Ah J give me, Lord, myself to feel; 

My total misery reveal: 

Ah! give me. Lord, (I still would say,) 

A heart to mourn, a heart to pray : 

My business this, my only care, 

My life, my every breath, be prayer! 



PRAYER FOR A CONTRITE HEART. 

Isaiah 57 : 15. 

O FOR that tenderness of heart, 

Which bows before the Lord, 
Acknowledging how just thou art. 

And trembles at thy word ! 
O for those humble, contrite tears. 

Which from repentance flow ; 
That consciousness of guilt, which fears 

The long-suspended blow! 

Saviour, to me in pity give 

The sensible distress. 
The pledge thou wilt, at last, receive. 

And bid me die in peace : 
Wilt from the dreadful day remove, 

Before the evil come ; 
My spirit hide with saints above 

My body in the tomb. 



WRESTLING JACOB. "J"] 

WRESTLING JACOB. 

Gen. 32 : 24-31. Isaiah 35 : 5, 6. Mai. 4 : 2. 

Come, O thou Traveller unknoAvn, 
Whom still I hold, but cannot see ; 

My company before is gone. 
And I am left alone with thee : 

With thee all night I mean to stay, 

And wrestle till the break of day. 

I need not tell thee who I am; 

My misery and sin declare : 
Thyself hast call'd me by my name ; 

Look on thy hands and read it there. 
But who, I ask thee, who art thou ? 
Tell me thy name, and tell me now. 

In vain thou strugglest to get free ; 

I never will unloose my hold. 
Art thou the man that died for me ? 

The secret of thy love unfold : 
Wrestling, I will not let thee go, 
Till I thy name, thy nature know. 

Wilt thou not yet to me reveal 

Thy new, unutterable name ? 
Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell; 

To know it now resolved I am : 
Wrestling, I will not let thee go. 
Till I thy name, thy nature know. 

What though my shrinking flesh complain, 
And murmur to contend so long ? 



78 WRESTLING JACOB. 

I rise superior to my pain : 

When I am weak, then I am strong ! 
x\nd when my all of strength shall fail, 
I shall with the God-Man prevail ! 

Yield to me now, for I am weak, 

But confident in self-despair ; 
Speak to my heart, in blessings speak ; 

Be conquer'd by my instant prayer. 
Speak, or thou never hence shalt move ; 
And tell me if thy Name is Love. 

'Tis Love ! 'tis Love ! thou diedst for me : 
I hear thy whisper in my heart ! 

The morning breaks, the shadows flee. 
Pure, universal love thou art. 

To me, to all, thy bowels move ; 

Thy Nature and thy Name is Love. 

My prayer hath power with God: the grace 

Unspeakable I now receive ; 
Through faith I see thee face to face; 

I see thee face to face, and live ! 
In vain I have not wept and strove ; 
Thy Nature and thy Name is Love. 

I know thee. Saviour, who thou art ; 

Jesus, the feeble sinner's Friend : 
Nor wilt thou with the night depart, 

But stay and love me to the end; 
Thy mercies never shall remove ; 
Thy Nature and thy Name is Love. 

The Sun of Righteousness on me 

Hath rose, with healing in his wings : 



REPENTANCE. 

Wither'd my nature's strength, from thee 

My soul its life and succour brings ; 
My help is all laid up above ; 
Thy Xature and thy Xame is Love. 

Contented now upon my thigh 

I halt, till life's short journey end ; 

All helplessness, all weakness, I 

On thee alone for strength depend ; 

i^or have I power from thee to move ; 

Thy iN'ature and thy Xame is Love. 

Lame as I am, I take the prey; 

Hell, earth, and sin, with ease o'ercome ; 
I leap for joy, pursue my way. 

And, as a bounding hart, fly home ; 
Through all eternity to prove 
Thy Mature and tliy Xame is Love. 



REPENTANCE. 

Jer. 23 : 29. 

O THAT I could repent, "' 

With all my idols part. 
And to thy gracious eyes present 

A humble, contrite heart: 
A heart with grief opprest, 

For having grieved my God, 
A troubled heart that cannot rest, 

Till sprinkled with thy blood. 

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80 WAITING FOR SALVATION. 

Jesus, on me bestow 

The penitent desire : 
With true sincerity of woe 

My acliing breast inspire ; 
With softening pity look, 

And melt my hardness down: 
Strike with thy love's resistless stroke, 

And break this heart of stone! 



WAITING FOR SALVATION. 

Unchangeable, Almighty Lord, 
The true, and merciful, and just, 

Be mindful of thy gracious word, 
Wherein thou causest me to trust. 

My weary eyes look out in vain. 
And loDg thy saving health to see 

But known to thee is all my pain, 

Wh^ wilt thou come and comfort me ? 

Prisoner of hope, to thee I turn ; 

Thee my strong hold, and only stay ; 
Harden' d in grief, I ever mourn : 

Why do thy chariot's vfheels delay ? 

But shall thy creature ask thee why ? 

No ; I retract the eager prayer ; 
Lord, as thou wilt, and not as I ; 

I cannot choose : thou can'st not err. 



THE PEACE OF GOD SOUGHT. 

To tliee the only wise and true, 
See then at last I all resign ; 

Make me in Christ a creature new, 
The manner and the time be thine. 

Only preserve my soul from sin, 
Nor let me faint for want of thee ; 

I'll wait till thou appear loithin^ 
And plant thy heaven of love in me. 



THE PEACE OF GOD SOUGHT. 

Zech. 9 : 12. Rom. 15 : 13. 

Let the redeem'd give thanks and praise 

To a forgiving God ! 
My feeble voice I cannot raise, 

Till washed in Jesu's blood: 

Till, at thy coming from above, 

My mountain-sins depart. 
And fear gives place to filial love, 

And peace o'erflows my heart. 

Prisoner of hope, I still attend 
The appearance of my Lord, 

These endless doubts and fears to end, 
And speak my soul restored: 

Restored by reconciling grace. 

With present pardon blest. 
And fitted by true holiness 

For my eternal rest. 



82 RESIGNATION TO CHRIST. 

The peace which man can ne'er conceive, 
The love and joy unknown, 

Now, Father, to thy servant give, 
And claim me for thine own. 

My God, in Jesus pacified, 

My God, thyself declare. 
And draw me to his open side, 

And plunge the sinner there! 



RESIGNATION TO CHRIST. 

John 6 : 68. Phil 2:8. 

When shall thy love constrain, 
And force me to thy breast? 

When shall my soul return again 
To her eternal rest? 

Ah ! what avails my strife. 
My wandering to and fro ? 

Thou hast the words of endless life 
Ah! whither should I go? 

Thy condescending grace 

To me did freely move ; 
It calls me still to seek thy face, 

And stoops to ask my love. 

Lord, at thy feet I fall; 

I groan to be set free ; 
I fain would now obey the call, 

And give up all for thee. 



RESIGNATION TO CHRIST. 83 

To rescue me from woe, 

Thou didst with all things part; 

Didst lead a suffering life below, 
To gain my worthless heart. 

My worthless heart to gain, 

The God of all that breathe 
Was found in fashion as a man, 

And died a cursed death. 

And can I yet delay 

My little all to give ? 
To tear my soul from earth away, 

For Jesus to receive? 

Nay, but I yield, I yield; 

I can hold out no more 
I sink, by dying love compell'd, 

And own thee conqueror. 

Though late, I all forsake ; 

My friends, my all resign. 
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take, 

And seal me ever thine ! 

Come, and possess me whole ; 

N'or hence again remove : 
Settle and fix my wavering soul 

With all thy weight of love. 

My one desire be this. 

Thy only love to know; 
To seek and taste no other bliss, 

N"o other good below. 



84 RELIANCE ON CHRIST. 

My Life, my Portion thou, 

Thou all-sufficient art; 
My Hope, my heavenly Treasure, now 

Enter, and keep my heart. 



RELIANCE ON CHRIST. 

Rev. 3:17. John 6 : 37. 

Whex, gracious Lord, when shall it be, 
That I shall find my all in thee ? 
The fulness of thy promise prove ; 
The seal of thine eternal Love ? 

A poor, blind child, I wander here. 
If haply I may feel thee near ! 
O dark ! dark !■ dark ! I still must say, 
Amid the blaze of gospel day ! 

Thee, only thee, I fain would find, 
And cast the world and flesh behind; 
Thou, only thou, to me be given, 
Of all thou hast in earth or heaven. 

Whom man forsakes, thou wilt not leave, 
Ready the outcasts to receive ; 
Though all my simpleness I own. 
And all my faults to thee are known. 

Ah, wherefore did I ever doubt! 
Thou wilt in no wise cast me out, 
A helpless soul that comes to thee, 
With only sin and misery. 



LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 85 

Lord, I am sick — my sickness cure ; 
I want — do thou enrich the poor; 
Under thy mighty hand I stoop, 
lift the abject sinner up ! 

Lord, I am blind — be thou my sight; 
Lord, I am weak — be thou my might : 
A helper of the helpless be, 
And let me find my all in thee ! 



LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 

Sol. 8 : 7. 

Lamb of God, for sinners slain. 

To thee I freely pray : 
Heal me of my grief and paiii, 

O take my sins away ! 
From this bondage, Lord, release ; 

No longer let me be opprest : 
Jesus, Master, seal my peace. 

And take me to thy breast ! 

Wilt thou cast a sinner out. 

Who humbly comes to thee? 
No, my God, I cannot doubt, 

Thy mercy is for me : 
Let me then obtain the grace. 

And be of paradise possest: 
Jesus, Master, seal my peace. 

And take me to thy breast! 



86 SALVATION SOUGHT. 

Worldly good I do not want, 

Be that to others given; 
Only for thy love I pant, 

My all in earth and heaven. 
This the crown I fain Avould seize, 

The good wherewith I would be blessed : 
Jesus, Master, seal my peace. 

And take me to thy breast! 

This delight I fain would prove, 
And then resign my breath; 

Join the happy few whose love 
Was mightier than death! 

Let it not my Lord displease. 

That I would die to be thy guest! 

Jesus, Master, seal my peace, . 

And take me to thy breast! 



SALVATION SOUGHT. 

Rom. 8:15. 

Thou great mysterious God unknown. 
Whose love hath gently led me on, 

Even from my infant days ; 
Mine inmost soul expose to view, 
And tell me, if I ever knew 

Thy justifying grace. 

If I have only known thy fear. 
And follow'd, with a heart sincere 
Thy drawings from above ; 



SALVATION SOUGHT. 87 

Now, now the further grace bestow, 
And let my sprinkled conscience know 
Thy sweet forgiving love. 

Short of thy love I would not stop, 
A stranger to the gospel hope, 

The sense of sin forgiven ; 
I Avould not, Lord, my soul deceive, 
Without the inward Avitness live, 

That antepast of heaven. 

If now the witness were in me. 
Would he not testify of thee 

In Jesus reconciled ? 
And should I not with faith draw nigh, 
And boldly, Abba, Father, cry, 

And Imow myself thy child? 

Whate'er obstructs thy pardoning love — 
Or sm, or righteousness — remove, 

Thy glory to display ; 
Mine heart of unbelief convince, 
And now absolve me from my sins. 

And take them all away. 

Father, in me reveal thy Son, 

And to my inmost soul make known 

How merciful thou art : 
The secret of thy love reveal, 
And by thine hallowing Spirit dwell 

For ever in my heart ! 



A SOLEMN REFLECTION. 

A SOLEMN REFLECTION. 

Matt. 24 : 30. 

Thou God of glorious majesty, 
To thee, against myself, to thee, 

A worm of earth, I cry ! 
A half-awaken'd child of man. 
An heir of endless bliss or pain, 

A sinner born to die ! 

Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, 
'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, 

Secure, insensible : 
A point of time, a moment's sj)ace 
Removes me to that heavenly place, 

Or shuts me up in hell. 

O God, mine inmost soul convert, 
And deeply on my thoughtful heart 

Eternal things impress : 
Give me to feel their solemn weight. 
And tremble on the brink of fate, 

And wake to righteousness I 

Before me place in dread array 
The pomp of that tremendous day. 

When thou with clouds shalt come 
To judge the nations at thy bar ; 
And tell me. Lord, shall I be there. 

To meet a joyful doom ? 

Be this my one great business here, 
With serious industry and fear 
Eternal bliss t' ensure : 



CHRIST OUR REST. 

Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, 
And suffer all thy righteous will, 
And to the end endure. 

Then, Saviour, then my soul receive, 
Transported from this vale, to live 

And reign with thee above — 
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, 
And hope in full supreme delight. 

And everlastino' love. 



CHRIST OUR REST. 

Luke 5 : 31. Gen 8:9. i Pet 5 : 10. 

Jesus, in whom the weary find 
Their late, but permanent repose, 

Physician of the sin-sick mind, 

Kelieve my wants, assuage my Avoes ; 

And let my soul on thee be cast. 

Till life's fierce tyranny be past. 

Loosed from my God, and far removed, 
Long have I wander'd to and fro ; 

O'er earth in endless circles roved, 
ISTor found whereon to rest below : 

Back to my God at last I fly, 

For O, the waters still are high ! 

Selfish pursuits, and nature's maze. 
The things of earth, for thee I leave : 



90 THE WANDERER'S RETURN. 

Put forth thy hand, thy hand of grace ; 

Into the ark of love receive I 
Take this poor fluttering soul to rest, 
And lodge it. Saviour, in thy breast ! 

Fill with inviolable peace, 

'Stablish and keep my settled heart ; 
In thee may all my wanderings cease, 

From thee no more may I depart; 
Thy utmost goodness call'd to prove, 
Loved with an everlastino: love. 



THE WANDERER'S RETURN. 

Acts 5:31. 

O 'tis enough, my God, my God ! 

Here let me give my wanderings o'er 
No longer trample on thy blood. 

And grieve thy gentleness no more ; 
No more thy lingering anger move. 
Or sin against thy light and love. 
O Lord, if mercy is with thee. 

Now let it all on me be shown; 
On me, the chief of sinners, me. 

Who humbly for thy mercy groan: 
Me to thy Father's grace restore; 
Nor let me ever grieve thee more! 
Fountain of unexhausted love. 

Of infinite compassions, hear ! 
My Saviour and my Prince above. 

Once more in niy behalf appear; 
Repentance, faith, and pardon give ; 
O let me turn aorain and live ! 



THE SINNER'S PLEA. 9I 

THE SINNER'S PLEA. 

I Tim. 1:15. Judges 6 : 39, 40. 

Let the world their virtue boast, 

Their works of righteousness ; 
I, a wretch undone and lost, 

Am freely saved hj grace. 
Other title I disclaim; 

This, only this, is all my plea; 
I the chief of sinners am. 

But Jesus died for me. 

Happy they whose joys abound. 

Like Jordan's swelling stream : 
Who their heaven in Christ have found, 

And give the praise to him. 
Meanest follower of the Lamb, 

His steps I at a distance see ; 
I the chief of sinners am, 

But Jesus died for me. 

I, like Gideon's fleece, am found, 

Unwater'd still and dry ; 
While the dew on all around 

Falls plenteous from the sky ; 
Yet my Lord I cannot blame. 

The Saviour's grace for all is free : 
I the chief of sinners am, 

But Jesus died for me. 

Jesus, thou for me hast died, 
And thou in me wilt live; 



92 CALL TO CHRIST. 

I shall feel thy death applied; 

I shall thy life receive : 
Yet when melted in the flame 

Of love, this shall be all my plea : 
I the chief of sinners am, 

But Jesus died for me. 



CALL TO CHRIST. 

Luke 15:2. John 7 ; 37, 3S. 

O ALL that pass by, to Jesus draw near: 

He utters a cry, ye sinners, give ear! 

From hell to retrieve .you, he spreads out his 

hands ; 
IsTow, now to receive you, he graciously stands. 

If any man thirst, and happy would be, 
The vilest and worst may come unto me ; 
May drink of my Spirit, excepted is none, 
Lay claim to my merit, and take for his own. 

Whoever receives the life-giving word, 
Li Jesus believes, his God and his Lord: 
Li him a pure river of life shall arise. 
Shall in the believer spring up to the skies. 

My God and my Lord ! thy call I obey ; 
My soul on thy word of promise I stay: 
Thy kind invitation I gladly embrace, 
Athirst for salvation, salvation by grace. 



COME, FOR ALL THINGS ARE READY. 93 

O hasten the hour, send down from ahove 
The spirit of power, of health, and of love : 
Of filial fear, of knowledge and grace ; 
Of wisdom and prayer, of joy and of praise: 

The Spirit of faith, of fliith in thy blood, 
Which saves ns from wrath, and brings ns to 

God ; 
Removes the huge mountain of indwelling sin. 
And opens a fountain that washes us clean. 



"COME, FOR ALL THINGS ARE READY.' 

Lake 14 : 16, 17. Luke 15 : ao, 2,5. 

SixxEES, obey the gospel word ; 
Haste to the Supper of my Lord ; 
Be wise to know your gracious day; 

All things are ready, come away ! 

Ready the Father is to o^vn 
And kiss his late-returning son : 
Ready your loving Saviour stands, 
And spreads for you his bleeding hands. 

Ready the Spirit of his Love, 
Just now the stony to remove ; 
To apply and witness with the blood, 
And wash and seal the sons of God. 

Ready for you the angels wait, 
To triumph in your blest estate : 



94 COME, FOR ALL THINGS ARE READY. 

Tuning their harps, they long to praise 
The wonders of redeeming grace. 

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Is ready, with their shining host : 
All heaven is ready to resound, 
" The dead's alive ! the lost is found !" 

Come, then, ye sinners, to your Lord, 
In Christ to paradise restored ; 
His proffer' d benefits embrace, 
The plenitude of gospel grace ; 

A pardon written with his blood, 
The favour and the peace of God : 
The seeing eye, the feeling sense, 
The mystic joys of penitence : 

The godly fear, the pleasing smart. 
The meltings of a broken heart ; 
The tears that tell your sins forgiven. 
The sighs that waft your souls to heaven 

The guiltless shame, the sweet distress ; 

The unutterable tenderness ; 

The genuine, meek humility ; 

The wonder, "Why such love to me!" 

The o'erwhelming power of saving grace, 
The sight that veils the seraph's face ; 
The speechless awe that dares not move, 
And all the silent heaven of love. 



THE WATERS OF LIFE. 95 

THE WATERS OF LIFE. 

John 7 : 37. 

Ye thirsty for God, To Jesus give ear, 
And take, through his blood, A pow'r to draw 

near ; 
His kind invitation, Ye sinners, embrace, 
Accepting salvation, Salvation by grace. 

Sent down from above, TTho governs the skies, 
In vehement love, To sinners he cries, 
"Drink into my spirit, Who happy would be, 
And all things inherit. By coming to me." 

Saviour of all, Thy word we believe, 
And come at thy call, Thy grace to receive ; 
The blessing is given Wherever thou art : 
The earnest of heaven Is love in the heart. 

To us at thy feet, The Comforter give : 
Who gasp to admit Thy Spirit and live ; 
The weakest believers Acknowledge for thine, 
And fill us with rivers Of water divine I 



PART III 



utxt^ J0iirg. 



PART THE THIRD. 

THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

Matt. 6 : 9-13. 

Father of earth and sky, 

Thy name we magnify : 
O that earth and heaven might join, 

Thy perfections to proclaim ; 
Praise the attributes divine, 

Fear and love thy awful name ! 

When shall thy Spirit reign 

In every heart of man? 
Father, bring the kingdom near, 

Honor thy triumphant Son; 
God of heaven, on earth appear. 

Fix with us thy glorious throne. 

Thy good and boly Avill 
Let all on earth fulfil ; 
Men with minds angelic vie, 
Saints below with saints above, 



iOO THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

Thee to praise and glorify, 

Thee to serve with perfect lov 



This day with this day's bread 

Thy hungry children feed ; 
Fountain of all blessings, grant 

Now the manna from above ; 
Now supply our bodies' want, 

Now sustain our souls with love. 

Our trespasses forgive : 

And when absolved we live, 
Thou our life of grace maintain ; 

Lest we from our God depart, 
Lose thy pardoning grace again, 

Grant us a forgiving heart. 

In every fiery hour 

Display thy guardian power ; 
Near in our temptation stay. 

With sufficient strength defeud ; 
Bring us through the evil day, 

Make us faithful to the end. 

Father, by right divine 

Assert the kingdom thine ; 
Jesus, Power of God, subdue 

Thy own universe to thee ; 
Spirit of grace and glory too. 

Reign through all eternity. 



DESIRING TO PRAY. ici 

DESIRING TO PRAY. 

Rom. 8 : 26. Luke 11 : i. 

Jesus, thou sovereign Lord of all, 
The same through one eternal day, 

Attend thy feeblest followers' call. 
And, O instruct us how to pray ! 

Pour out the supplicating grace. 

And stir us up to seek thy face ! 

We cannot think a gracious thought, 

We cannot feel a good desire, 
Till thou, who call'dst a world from nought, 

The power into our hearts inspire ; 
And then ^^-e in thy Spirit groan. 
And then we give thee back thine own. 

Jesus, regard the joint complaint 
Of all thy tempted followers here ! 

And now supply the common want. 
And send us down the Comforter: 

The Spirit of ceaseless prayer impart, 

And fix thy Agent in our heart. 

To help our soul's infirmity, 
To heal thy sin-sick people's care. 

To urge our God-commanding plea, 

And make our hearts a house of prayer. 

The j)romised Intercessor give. 

And let us now thyself receive. 

Come in thy pleading Spirit down. 
To us who for thy coming stay; 



102 SECRET PRAYER. 



Of all thy gifts we ask but one, 

We ask the constant power to pray 
Indulge us, Lord, in this request ; 
Thou canst not then deny the rest. 



SECRET PRAYER. 

Matt. 6 : 6. 

Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord, 

I humbly seek thy face ; 
Encouraged by the Saviour's word 

To ask thy pardoning grace. 

Entering into my closet, I 
The busy world exclude ; 

Li secret prayer for mercy cry. 
And groan to be renew'd. 

Far from the paths of men, to thee 

I solemnly retire ; 
See, thou Avho dost in secret see. 

And grant my heart's desire. 

Thy grace I languish to receive, 
The spirit of love and power; 

Blameless before thy face to live. 
To live and sin no more. 

Fain would I all thy goodness feel, 
And know my sins forgiven; 

And do on earth thy perfect will 
As angels do in heaven. 



PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. I03 

O Father, glorify thy Son, 

And grant what I require ; 
For Jesus' sake the gift send down. 

And answer me by fire. 

Kindle the flame of love within. 

Which may to heaven ascend; 
And now the work of grace begin, 

Which shall m glory end. 



'^PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. 

Phil. 4 : 13. Luke 18 : i, i.Thess. 5 : 17. 

Jesus, my strength, my hope. 

On thee I cast my care. 
With humble confidence look up, 

And know thou hear'st my prayer. 
Give me on thee to wait. 

Till I can all things do; 
On thee, almighty to create, 

Almighty to rencAV. 

I want a sober mind ; 

A self-renouncing will. 
That tramples down and casts behind 

The baits of pleasing ill ; 
A soul inured to pain, 

To hardship, grief, and loss ; 
Bold to take up, firm to sustain, 

The consecrated cross. 



104 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. 

I want a godly fear, 

A quick-discerning eye, 
That looks to thee when sin is near, 

And sees the Tempter fly ; 
A spirit still prepared, 

And arm'd with jealous care, 
For ever standing on its guard. 

And watching unto prayer. 

I want a heart to pray. 

To pray and never cease 
Never to murmur at thy stay, 

Or wish my sufle rings less. 
This blessing, above all. 

Always to pray, I want ; 
Out of the deep on thee to call. 

And never, never faint. 

I want a true regard, 

A single, steady aim, 
(Unmoved by threat'ning or reward,) 

To thee and thy great name ; 
A jealous, just concern 

For thine immortal praise ; 
A pure desire that all may learn. 

And glorify, thy grace. 

I rest upon thy word; 

The promise is for me ; 
My succour and salvation. Lord, 

Shall surely come from thee : 
But let me still abide, 

Nor from my hope remove. 
Till thou my patient spirit guide 

Into thy perfect love. 



PRAYER. 105 

P RAYER. 

Rom. 8 : 26. Gen, 32 : 26, 29. Deut. 3 : 27. 

Shepherd Divine, our \Yants relieve, 

In this our evil day : 
To all thy tempted followers give 

The power to watch and pray. 

Long as our fiery trials last, 

Long as the cross we bear, 
O let our souls on thee be cast 

In never-ceasing prayer. 

The Spirit of interceding grace 

Give lis in faith to claim; 
To wrestle till we see thy face, 

And know thy hidden name. 

Till thou thy perfect love impart, 

Till thou thyself bestow, 
Be this the cry of every heart, 

"I will not let thee go. 

" I will not let thee go, unless 
Thou tell thy name to me ; 
With all thy great salvation bless, 
And make me all like thee. 

" Then let me on the mountain-top, 
Behold thy open face ; 
Where faith in sight is swallow'd up. 
And prayer in endless praise." 



106 THE POWER OF PRAYER. 

THE POWER OF PRAYER. 

Exodus 17 : 12. Exodus 32 : 10. James 5 : 17. 

O woNDEOus power of faithful prayer ! 

What tongue can tell th' almighty grace ? 
God's hands or bound or open are, 

As Moses or Elijah prays ; 
Let Moses in the Spirit groan, 
And God cries out : " Let me alone ! 

" Let me alone, that all my wrath 
May rise, the wicked to consume ; 
While justice hears thy praying faith, 

It cannot seal the sinner's doom : 
My Son is in my servant's prayer. 
And Jesus forces me to spare." 

O blessed word of gospel grace, 

Which now we for our Israel plead ! 

A faithless and backsliding race. 

Whom thou hast out of Egypt freed ; 

O do not thou in wrath chastise, 

N"or let thy whole displeasure rise! 

Father, we ask in Jesus' name ; 

In Jesus' power and spirit pray; 
Divert thy vengeful thunder's aim ; 

O turn thy threat'ning wrath away ! 
Our guilt and punishment remove, 
And magnify thy pard'ning love. 

Father, regard thy pleading Son, 
Accept his all-availing prayer ; 



AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY. 107 

And send a peaceful answer down, 

In honour of our spokesman there ! 
Whose blood proclaims our sins forgiven, 
And speaks thy rebels up to heaven. 



*^4VENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY." 

Luke 18 : i, 7. Gen. 3 : 15. Matt. 12 : 29. Rom. 16 : 20. 

Jesus, thou hast bid us pray, 

Pray always, and not faint ; 
With the word a power convey 

To utter our complaint. 
Quiet shalt thou never know. 

Till we from sin are fully freed: 
O avenge us of our foe. 

And bruise the Serpent's head! 

We have now begun to cry, 

And we will never end. 
Till we find salvation nigh, 

And grasp the Sinner's Friend. 
Day and night we'll speak our woe, 

With thee importunately plead : 
O avenge us of our foe. 

And bruise the Serpent's head ! 

Speak the word, and we shall be 
From all our bands released ; 

Only thou canst set us free, 
By Satan long oppress'd. 



lo8 AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY. 

Now thy power almighty show; 

Arise, the Woman's conquering Seed ! 
O avenge us of our foe, 

And bruise the Serpent's head! 

To destroy his work of sin. 

Thyself in us reveal ; 
Manifest thyself within 

Our flesh, and fully dwell 
With us, in us, here below; 

Enter, and make us free indeed. 
O avenge us of our foe. 

And bruise the Serpent's head! 

Stronger than the strong man, thou 

His fury canst control. 
Cast him out, by entering now. 

And keep our ransom'd soul ; 
Satan's kingdom overthrow. 

On all the powers of darkness tread: 
O avenge us of our foe, 

And bruise the Serpent's head! 

To the never-ceasing cries 

Of thine elect attend ; 
Send deliverance from the skies, 

The mighty Spirit send. 
Though to man thou seemest slow. 

Our cries thou seemest not to heed : 
O avenge us of our foe. 

And bruise the Serpent's head ! 

Come, O come, all-glorious Lord ! 
No longer now delay ; 



AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. I09 

With thy Spirit's two-edged sword 

The crooked Serpent slay! 
Bare thine arm, and give the blow, 

Root out and kill the hellish seed. 
O avenge us of our foe, 

And bruise the Serpent's head! 



AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Eph. 5: 14. Luke 18 : I. Rom. 8 : 15. Dan, 9 : 24. 

Ah, when shall I awake 

From sin's soft, soothing power, 
The slumber from my spirit shake. 

And rise to fall no more ! 
Awake, no more to sleep, 

But stand Avith constant care. 
Looking for God my soul to keep, 

And watching unto prayer ! 

could I always pray, 
And never, never faint; 

But simply to my God display 
My every care and want ! 

1 know that thou would'st give 
More than I can request ; 

Thou still art ready to receive 
My soul to perfect rest. 

I feel thee willing. Lord, 
A sinful world to save : 



AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

All may obey thy gracious word, 
May peace and pardon have. 

Not one of all the race 
But may return to thee — 

But at the throne of sovereign grace 
May fall and weep, like me. 

Here will I ever lie. 

And tell thee all my care ; 
And Father, Abba, Father, cry. 

And pour a ceaseless prayer, 
Till thou my sins subdue, 

Till thou my sins destroy, 
My spirit after Goda-enew, 

And fill with peace and joy. 

Messiah, Prince of Peace, 

Into my soul bring in 
The everlasting righteousness. 

And make an end of sin. 
Into all those that seek 

Redemption through thy blood, 
The sanctifying Spirit speak, 

The plenitude of God. 

Let us in patience wait 

Till faith shall make us Avhole ; 
Till thou shalt all things new create 

In each believing soul. 
Who can resist thy will? 

Speak, and it shall be done ! 
Thou shalt the work of faith fulfil. 

And perfect us in one. 



THE BEATITUDES. . Ill 

THE BEATITUDES. 

Matt. 5 : 3, 12, 

Sayioue, on me the want bestow 
Whicli all that feel shall surely know 

Their sins on earth forgiven ; 
Give me to prove the kingdom mine, 
And taste, in holiness divine, 

The ha^^piness of heaven. 

Turn into flesh my heart of stone, 
And, while I mourn for thee alone. 

The consolation send; 
O come thyself, my soul t' embrace, 
And let my cheerful life of grace 

In glorious comfort end ! 

Meeken my soul, thou heavenly Lamb, 
That I in the new earth may claim 

My hundred-fold reward — 
My rich inheritance possess. 
Co-heir with the great Prince of peace, 

Co-partner with my Lord. 

Me with that restless thirst inspire. 
That sacred, infinite desire. 

And feast my hungry heart : 
Less than thyself cannot sufiice ; 
My soul for all thy fulness cries, 

For all- thou hast and art. 



112 THE BEATITUDES. 

Mercy who show shall mercy find; 
Thy pitiful and tender mind 

Be, Lord, on me bestow'd; 
So shall I still the blessing gain, 
And to eternal life retain 

The mercy of my God. 

Jesus, the crowning grace impart ! 
Bless me with purity of heart, 

That, now beholding thee, 
I soon may view thy open face, 
On all thy glorious beauties gaze. 

And God for ever see ! 

Lord, give me that pacific mind 

Which spreads thy peace among mankind, 

And knits them all in one : 
So shall he own me for his child. 
Who all, through thee, hath reconciled. 

And take me to his throne. 

^ot for my fault, or folly's sake, 
The name, or mode, or form I take, 

But for true holiness : 
Let me be wrong'd, reviled, abhorr'd, 
iVnd thee, my sanctifying Lord, 

In life and death confess. 

Call'd to sustain the hallow'd cross. 
And suffer for thy righteous cause, 

Pronounce me doubly blest; 
And let thy glorious Spirit, Lord, 
Assure me of my great reward, 

Li heaven's eternal feast. 



IN A HURRY OF BUSINESS. II3 

IN A HURRY OF BUSINESS. 

Isaiah 26 : 3. 

The praying Spirit breathe, 

The watching 230 wer imj)art 
From all entanglements beneatli 

Call ofi" my peaceful heart. 
My feeble mind sustain, 

By worldly thoughts opprest; 
Appear, and bid me turn again 

To my eternal rest. 

Swift to my rescue come, 

Thy own this moment seize; 
Gather my wand'ring spirit home, 

And keep in perfect peace. 
Suffer'd no more to rove 

O'er all the earth abroad, 
Arrest the prisoner of thy ]o\-o, 

And sliut me up in God. 



PART IV 



PART THE FOURTH. 

THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS." 
2 Cor. 8 : 9. Rev. 19 : 13. 

With glorious clouds encompass'd round, 

Whom angels dimly see, 
Will the Unsearchable be found, 

Or God appear to me ? 

Will he forsake his throne above, 

Himself to worms impart ? 
Answer, thou Man of Grief and Love ! 

And speak it to my heart. 

In manifested love explain 

Thy wonderful design : 
What meant the suffering Son of Man, 

The streaming blood divine ? 

Didst thou not in our flesh appear, 

And live and die below. 
That I may now perceive thee near, 

And my Redeemer know ? 



THE HEAVENLY FIRE. 

Come then, and to my soul reveal 
The heights and depths of grace ; 

The wounds which all my sorrows heal, 
That dear disfigured face! 

Before my eyes of faith confest, 
Stand forth a slaughter' d Lamb ; 

And wrap me in thy crimson vest, 
And tell me all thy name. 

Jehovah in thy person show, 

Jehovah crucified ! 
And then the pardoning God I know, 

And feel the blood applied. 

I view the Lamb in his own light, 

Whom angels dimly see ; 
And gaze, transported at the sight, 

To all eternity. 



THE HEAVENLY FIRE. 

Lev. 6:13. 

O Thou who camest from above, 
The ^Dure celestial fire to impart. 

Kindle a flame of sacred love 
On the mean altar of my heart. 

There let it for thy glory burn 
With inextinguishable blaze ; 

And trembling, to its Source return, 
Li humble love and fervent praise. 



MOSES'S WISH. 119 

Jesus, confirm my heart's desire, 

To work, and speak, and think for thee ; 
Still let me guard the holy fire. 

And still stir up thy gift in me. 

Ready for all thy perfect will. 
My acts of faith and love repeat, 

Till death thy endless mercies seal. 
And make the sacrifice complete. 



MOSES'S WISH. 

Ex. 33 : 18-22. Heb. 4 : 16. Matt, 5:8. 2 Cor. 3 : 18. 
Rom. 13 : 14. 

O God, my hope, my heavenly rest. 

My all of happiness below. 
Grant my importunate request, 

To me, to me, thy goodness show : 
Thy beatific face display. 
The brightness of eternal day. 

Before my faith's enlighten'd eyes 
Make all thy gracious goodness pass ; 

Thy goodness is the sight I prize : 
O may I see thy smiling face ! 

Thy nature in my soul proclaim, 

Reveal thy love, thy glorious name ! 

There in the place beside thy throne, 
Where all that find acceptance stand. 



120 MOSES'S WISH. 

Receive me up into thy Son ; 

Cover me with thy mighty ]iand ; 
Set me upon the Rock, and hide 
My soul in Jesu's wounded side. 

O put me in the cleft ; empower 
My soul the glorious sight to beiir ! 

Descend in this accepted hour ; 

Pass by me, and thy name declare ; 

Thy wrath withdraw, thy hand remove 

And show thyself the God of Love. 

To thee, great God of Love ! I how, 
And prostrate in thy sight adore : 

By faith I see thee passing now ; 
I have, but still I ask for more. 

A glimpse of love cannot suffice : 

My soul for all thy presence cries. 



The fulness of my vast reward 

A blest eternity shall be : 
But hast thou not on earth prepared 

Some better thing than this for me ? 
What — but one drop ! — one transient siglit ! 
I want a sun — a sea of light. 

3Ioses thy backward parts might view, 
But not a perfect sight obtain ; 

The Gospel doth thy fulness show 
To us, by the commandment slain : 

The dead to sin shall find the grace ; 

The pure in heart shall see thy face. 

More favour'd than the saints of old — 
Who now by faith approach to theo, 



FOR RENEWED GRACE. 121 

Shall all with open face behold 
In Christ the glorious Deity ; 
Shall see, and put the Godhead on, 
The nature of thy sinless Son I 

This, this is our high calling's prize ! 

Thine image in thy Sou I claim ; 
And still to higher glories rise. 

Till all transform'd I know thy name. 
And glide to all my heaven above, 
My highest heaven in Jesu's love. 



FOR RENEWED GRACE. 

Mai. 3:1. Matt. 15 : 13. 

Light of life, seraphic fire, 

Love Divine, thyself impart ; 
Every fainting soul inspire ; 

Shine in every drooping heart ! 
Every mournful sinner cheer. 

Scatter all our guilty gloom ; 
Son of God, appear, appear ! 

To thy human temples come. 

Come, in this accepted hour ; 

Bring thy heavenly kingdom in ; 
Fill us with the glorious power. 

Rooting out the seeds of sin : 
IsTothing more can we require, 

We will covet nothing less ; 
Be thou all our heart's desire. 

All our joy, and all our peace ! 



122 IN TEMPTATION. 

IN TEMPTATION. 

Psalm 91:4. Psalm 36:9. 

Jesu, Lover of my soul, 

Let rae to thy bosom fly, 
While the nearer waters roll, 

While the tempest still is high: 
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide. 

Till the storm of life be j)ast; 
Safe into the haven guide, 

O receive my soul at last. 

Other refuge have I none. 

Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; 
Leave, ah ! leave me not alone. 

Still support and comfort me : 
All my trust on thee is stay'd ; 

All my help from thee T bring 
Cover my defenceless head 

With the shadow of thy wing. 

Wilt thou not regard my call? 

Wilt thou not accept my prayer ? 
Lo ! I sink, I faint, I fall ! 

Lo ! on thee I cast my care ! 
Reach me out thy gracious hand ! 

While I of thy strength receive, 
Hoping against hope I stand. 

Dying, and behold I live ! 

Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; 
More than all in thee I find : 



AN ACT OF DEVOTION. I23 

Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, 
Heal the sick, and lead the blind : 

Just and holy is thy ]!^ame ; 
I am all unrighteousness ; 

False and full of sin I am ; 

Thou art full of truth and grace. 

Plenteous grace with thee is found, 

Grace to cover all my sin ; 
Let the healing streams abound, 

Make and keej) me pure within ; 
Thou of life the fountain art ; 

Freely let me take of thee ; 
Spring thou up within my heart. 

Rise to all eternity. 



AN ACT OF DEVOTION. 

Matt. 6 : 22. I Cor. 10 : 31, Rom. 12 : 2, John 10 : 34. 

God of almighty love, 

By whose sufficient grace 
I lift my heart to things above, 

And humbly seek thy face : 
Through Jesus Christ the Just, 

My faint desires receive; 
And let me in thy goodness trust, 

And to thy glory live. 

Whate'er I say or do. 

Thy glory be my aim ; 



124 THE LOVE OF CHRIST THE SINNER'S PLEA. 

My offerings all be offer' d through 

The ever-blessed ]N"ame ! 
Jesus, my single eye 

Be fix'd on thee alone : 
Thy name be praised on earth, on higli ; 

Thy will by all be done ! 

Spirit of faith, inspire 

My consecrated heart ; 
Fill me with pure, celestial fire, 

With all thou hast, and art; 
My feeble mind transform. 

And, perfectly renew'd, 
Into a saint exalt a worm, 

A worm exalt to God ! 



THE LOVE OF CHRIST THE SINNER'S PLEA. 

Isaiah 27 : 5. 

O Thou avIio hast redeem'd of old, 
And bidd'st me of thy strength lay hold, 

And be at peace with thee; 
Help me thy benefits to own. 
And hear me tell what thou hast done, 

O dying Lamb, for me. 

Out of myself for help I go, 
Thy only love resolved to know ; 

Thy love my plea I make; 
Give me thy love, 'tis all I claim ; 
Give, for the honour of thy name. 

Give, for thy mercy's sake. 



THE LOVE OF CHRIST THE SINNER'S PLEA. 125 

Canst thou denj that love to me ? 
Say, thou incarnate Deity, 

Thou Man of Sorrows, say; 
Thy glory why didst thou enshrine 
In such a clod of earth as mine. 

And wrap thee in my clay ? 

Ancient of Days, why didst thou come, 
And stoop to a poor virgin's womb. 

Contracted to a span ? 
Flesh of our flesh why wast thou made, 
And humbly in a manger laid. 

The new-born Son of Man ? 

Love, only love thy heart inclined. 
And brought thee. Saviour of mankind, 

Down from thy throne above ; 
Love made my God a man of grief, 
Distress'd thee sore for my relief: 

O mystery of Love ! 

Because thou lov'clst, and diedst for me, i 
Cause me, my Saviour, to love thee. 

And gladly to resign 
Whate'er I have, whate'er I am ; 
My life be all with thine the same. 

And all thy death be mine. 



126 DIVINE LOVE. 



DIVINE LOVE. 
I. 

Eph. 3 : 1 8, 19. Ezra 9:6. 2 Cor. 9 : 15. 

Infij^^ite, imexhausted Love! 

(Jesus and Love are one :) 
If still to me thy bowels move, 

They are restram'd to none. 

What shall I do my God to love? 

My loving God to praise ? 
The length, and breadth, and height to prove, 

And dej^th of sovereign grace ? 

Thy sovereign grace to all extends, 

Immense and unconfined: 
From age to age it never ends ; 

It reaches all mankind. 

Throughout the world its breadth is knoAvn 

Wide as infinity ! 
So wide, it never pass'd by one. 

Or it had pass'd by me. 

My trespass was grown up to heaven ; 

But far above the skies. 
In Christ abundantly forgiven, 

I see thy mercies rise ! 

The depth of all-redeeming love. 

What angel-tongue can tell ? 
O may I to the utmost prove 

The gift unspeakable ! 



DIVINE LOVE. 

Deeper tliau hell, it pluck'd me thence : 

Deeper than inbred sin, 
Jesus's love mv heart shall cleanse, 

When Jesus enters in. 

Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take 

Possession of thine own ; 
My longing heart vouchsafe to make 

Thine everlasting throne ! 

Assert thy claim, maintain thy right. 

Come quickly from above : 
And sink me to perfection's height, 

The depth of humble love. 



n. 

Luke 10 : 39. i Tim. 3 : 16. 

Love Divine, how sweet thou art ! 
When shall I find my Avilling heart 

All taken up by thee ? 

1 thirst, I faint, I die to prove 
The greatness of redeeming love. 

The love of Christ to me ! 

Stronger his love than death or hell ; 
Its riches are unsearchable : 

The first-born sons of light 
Desire m vain its depths to see ; 
They cannot reach the mystery, 

The length, and breadth, and heiglit. 
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128 DIVINE LOVE. 

God only knows tlie love of God: 
O that it now were slied abroad 

In this poor stony heart ! 
For love I sigh, for love I pine : 
This only portion, Lord, be mine, 
9 Be mine this better part! 

O that I could for ever sit 
With Mary at the Master's feet! 

Be this my happy choice: 
My only care, delight, and bliss. 
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this, 

To hear the bridegroom's voice ! 



in. 

Eph. 3 : i8, 19. 



What shall I do my God to love, 

My Saviom-, and the world's, to praise? 

Whose bowels of compassion move 
To me, and all the fallen race ! 

Whose mercy is divinely free 

For all the fallen race, and me ! 

I long to know, and to make known, 
The heights and depths of love divine, 

The kindness thou to me hast shown. 
Whose every sin was counted thine! 

My God for me resign'd his breath ! 

He died to save mv soul from death ! 



DIVINE LOVE. 129 

How shall I thank thee for the grace 
On me and all mankind bestow'd? 

O that my every breath were praise ! 
O that my heart were fiU'd with God ! 

My heart would then with love o'erflow, 

And all my life thy glory show 

See me, O Lord, athirst and faint! 

Me, weary of forbearing, see ! 
And let me feel thy love's constraint, 

And freely give up all for thee ; 
True in the fiery trial prove. 
And pay thee back thy dying love! 



IV. 

2 Cor. 3 : 



Love Divine, all loves excelling, 

Joy of heaven, to earth come down 
Fix in us thy humble dwelling. 

All thy faithful mercies crown : 
Jesus, thou art all compassion ; 

Pure unbounded love thou art; 
Visit us with thy salvation ; 

Enter every trembling heart. 

Come, almighty to deliver, 
Jjct us all thy grace receive ; 

Suddenly return, and never, 

N"ever more thy temples, leave: 

Thee we would be always blessing; 
Serve thee as thy hosts above ; 



130 DIVINE LOVE. 

Pray, and praise thee without ceasing, 
Glory in thy perfect love. 

Finish, then, thy new creation, 

Pure and spotless let us be ; 
Let us see thy great salvation. 

Perfectly restored in thee : 
Changed from glory into glory, 

Till in heaven we take our place, 
Till we cast our crowns before thee. 

Lost in wonder, love, and praise! 



V. 

Lam. I : 12, Phil. 3 : 8. Gal. 5 : 24. 

Love Divine ! what hast thou done ! 

The immortal God hath died for me ! 
The Father's co-eternal Son 

Bore all my sins upon the tree ; 
The immortal God for me hath died ; 
My Lord, my Love is crucified. 

Behold him, all ye that pass by. 

The bleeding Prince of Life and Peace ! 

Come, see, ye worms, your Maker die, 
And say, was ever grief like his ? 

Come, feel with me his blood applied: 

My Lord, my Love is crucified. 

Is crucified for me and you. 

To bring us rebels back to God: 



DIVINE LOVE. 131 

Believe, believe the record true, 

Ye all are bought with Jesu's blood ; 
Pardon for all flows from his side ; 
My Lord, my Love is crucified. 

Then let us sit beneath his cross. 

And gladly catch the healing stream : 

All things for him account but loss. 
And give up all our hearts to him: 

Of nothing think or speak beside, 
" My Lord, my Love is crucified." 



VL 

Psalm 73 : 25, 

Jesus, aU-atoning Lamb, 
Thine, and only thine, I am ; 
Take my body, spirit, soul ; 
Only thou possess the whole. 

Thou my one thing needful be ; 
Let me ever cleave to thee ; 
Let me choose the better part ; 
Let me give thee all my heart. 

Fairer than the sons of men, 
Do not let me turn again. 
Leave the fountain-head of bliss, 
Stoop to. creature-happiness. 



1.32 DIVINE LOVE. 

Whom have I on earth below? 
Thee, and only thee I know ; 
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? 
Thou art all in all to me. 

All my treasure is above ; 
All my riches is thy love : 
Who the worth of love can tell? 
Infinite, unsearchable ! 

Thou, O Love, my portion art : 
Lord, thou know'st my simple heart ! 
Other comforts I despise ; 
Love be all my paradise. 

Nothing else can I require ; 
Love fills up my w^hole desire ; 
All thy other gifts remove, 
Still thou giv'st me all in love! 



VII. 

O Love, I languish at thy stay ! 

I pine for thee with ling'ring smart, 
Weary and faint through long delay : 

When Avilt thou come into my heart ! 
From sin and sorrow set me free. 
And swallow up my soul in thee ! 

Come, O thou universal Good! 
Balm of the wounded conscience, come ! 



DIVINE LOVE. 133 

The hungry, dying spirit's food, 

The weary, wand'ring pilgrim's home ; 
Haven to take the shipwreck'd in, 
My everlasting rest from sin! 

Be thou, O Love, whate'er I want : 

Support my feebleness of mind ; 
Relieve the thirsty soul, the faint. 

Revive, illuminate the blind; 
The mournful cheer, the drooping lead. 
And heal the sick and raise the dead. 

Come, O my comfort and delight ! 

My strength and health, my shield and sun. 
My boast, and confidence, and might. 

My joy, my glory, and my crown : 
My gospel hope, my calling's prize ; 
My tree of life, my paradise. 

The secret of the Lord thou art. 

The mystery so long unknown, 
Christ in a pure and perfect heart ! 

The name inscribed on the white stone*! 
The life divine, the little leaven. 
My precious pearl, my j^resent heaven. 



VIII. 

Rom. 5 : 5. 



My God ! I know, I feel thee mine, 
And will not quit my claim. 

Till all I have is lost in thine, 
And all renew'd I am. 



134 DIVINE LOVE. 

I hold thee with a trembling hand, 

But will not let thee go, 
Till steadfastly by faith I stand, 

And all thy goodness know. 

When shall I see the welcome hour, 
That plants my God in me! 

Spirit of health, and life, and power, 
And perfect liberty ! 

Jesus, thine all-victorions love 
Shed in my heart abroad ; 

Then shall my feet no longer rove, 
Rooted and fix'd in God. 

Love only can the conquest win. 
The strength of sin subdue, 

(Mine own unconquerable sin,) 
And form my soul anew. 

Love can bow down the stubborn neck. 
The stone to flesh convert, 

Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break, 
An adamantine heart. 

O that in me the sacred fire 
Might now begin to glow. 

Burn up the dross of base desire. 
And make the mountains flow ! 

O that it now from heaven might fall, 
And all my sins consume ! 

Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call, 
Spirit of burning, come ! 



DIVINE LOVE. 

Refining fire, go througli my lieart, 

Illuminate my soul; 
Scatter thy life through every ^^art, 

And sanctify the wliole. 

Xo longer then my heart shall mourn, 

While, i^urified by grace, 
I only for his glory burn, 

And always see his face. 

My steadfast soul, from tailing free, 
Shall then no longer move ; 

But Christ be all the world to me, 
And all my heart be love. 



PART V 



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PART THE FIFTH. 

PENITENCE AND LOVE. 

Deut. 32 : 39. Psalm 119 : 96. 

Deepejs" the wound thy hands have made 

In this weak, helpless soul, 
Till mercy, with its balmy aid. 

Descends to make me whole. 

The sharpness of thy two-edged sword, 

Enable me to endm-e; 
Till bold to say. My hallowing Lord 

Hath wrought a perfect cure. 

I see the exceeding broad command, 

Which all contains in one: 
Enlarge my heart to understand 

The mystery unknown. 

O that with all thy saints I might 

By sweet experience prove. 
What is the length, and breadth, and height. 

And depth, of perfect love ! 



140 THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS. 

'*THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS." 

Heb. 9 : 22. Heb. 13 : 8. Luke 7 : 42. 

God of my salvation, hear, 

And help me to believe! 
Simply do I now draw near, 

Thy blessing to receive. 
Full of sin, alas ! I am ; 

But to thy wounds for refuge Hee ; 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 

Thy blood was shed for me. 

Standing now as newly slain, 

To thee I lift mine eye ! 
Balm of all my grief and pain. 

Thy grace is always nigh : 
Now, as yesterday, the same 

Thou art, and wilt for ever be 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 

Thy blood was shed for me. 

Nothing have I, Lord, to pay ; 

Nor can thy grace procure ; 
Empty send me not away. 

For I, thou know'st, am poor: 
Dust and ashes is my name, 

My all is sin and misery ; 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 

Thy blood was shed for me. 

No good word, or work, or thought, 
Bring I to gain thy grace ; 



SORROW FOR SIN. I4I 

Pardon I accept unbought ; 

Thj proffer I embrace : 
Coming as at first I came, 

To take, and not bestow on thee; 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 

Thy blood was shed for me. 

Saviour, from thy womided side 

I never will depart; 
Here will I my spirit hide, 

When I am pure in heart. 
Till my place above I claim. 

This only shall be all my plea, 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 

Thy blood was shed for me. 



SORROW FOR SIN. 

Luke 15 : 4, 5. Matt. 8 : 3. Job 14 : 14. 

Jesus, thou know'st my sinfulness. 

My faults are not conceal'd from thee ; 

A sinner in my last distress. 

To thy dear wounds I fain would flee, 

And never, never thence depart. 

Close shelter' d in thy loving heart. 

How shall I find the livmg way, 

Lost, and confused, and dark, and blind ? 
All, Lord, my soul is gone astray: 

Ah, Shepherd, seek my soul, and find, 
And in thy arms of mercy take. 
And bring the weary wanderer back. 



42 RESTORATION TO THE FAVOUR OF GOD. 

Weary and sick of sin I am ; 

I hate it, Lord, and yet I love! 
When wilt thou rid me of my shame ? 

When wilt thou all my load remove, 
Destroy the fiend that Im-ks within, 
And speak the word of power, " Be clean " ? 

O Lord, if I at last discern 

That I am sin, and thou art love. 

If now o'er me thy bowels yearn, 
Give me a token from above ; 

And conquer my rebellious will. 

And bid my murmuring heart be still. 

Sin only let me not commit, 
(Sin never can advance thy praise,) 

And, lo! I lay me at thy feet. 
And wait unwearied all my days, 

Till my appointed time shall come, 

And thou shalt call thine exile home. 



RESTORATION TO THE FAVOUR OF GOD, 

Psalm 23 : 3. Prov. 3 : 7. 

Sox of God, if thy free grace 

Again hath raised me up; 
Call'd me still to seek thy face 

And given me back my hope : 
Still thy timely help aiFord, 

And all thy loving-kindness show ; 
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 

And never let me cro. 



RESTORATION TO THE FAVOUR OF GOD. 143 

By me, O my Saviom-, stand, 

In sore temptation's liom*; 
Save me with thine outstretch'd hand, 

And show forth all thy power ; 
O be mindful of thy y/ord ! 

Thy all-sufiicient grace bestow ; 
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 

And never let me go. 

Give me, Lord, a holy fear. 

And fix it in my heart; 
That I may from evil near 

With timely care depart; 
Sin be more then hell abhorr'd. 

Till thou destroy the tyrant foe ; 
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 

And never let me go. 

l^ever let me leave thy breast, 

From thee, my Saviom*, stray. 
Thou art my support and rest. 

My true and living way ; 
My exceeding great reward. 

In heaven above and earth below ; 
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 

And never let me go. 

llSTever let me go till I, 

Upborne on wings of love, 
Gain the region of the sky. 

And take my seat above ; 
See thee by all heaven adored, 

And all thy glorious fulness know; 
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 
, And never let me go. 
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144 REPENTANCE OF BELIEVERS. 

REPENTANCE OF BELIEVERS. 

Judges i6 : 20. Isaiah 57 : 17-19. Psalm 103 : 12. 

Saviour, I now with shame confess 
My thh'st for creature happmess, 
By base desires I wrong' d thy love, 
And forced thy mercy to remove. 

Yet would I not regard thy stroke ; 
But when thou didst thy grace revoke, 
And when thou didst thy face conceal, 
Thy absence I refused to feel. 

I knew not that the Lord was gone. 
In my own froAvard will went on, 
And lived to the desires of men. 
And thou hast all my wanderings seen. 

Yet, O the riches of thy grace ! 
Thou, who hast seen my evil ways. 
Wilt freely my backslidings heal, 
And pardon on my conscience seal. 

For this I at thy footstool wait. 
Till thou my peace again create ; 
Fruit of thy gracious lips, restore 
My peace and bid me sin no more ! 

Far off, yet at thy feet, I lie. 
Till thou again thy blood apply ; 
Till thou repeat my sins forgiven, 
As far from God as hell from heaven. 



RE-UNION TO GOD. 145 

But, for thy truth and mercy's sake, 
My comfort thou wilt give me back ; 
And lead me on from grace to grace, 
In all the paths of righteousness : 

Till, throughly saved, my new-born soul. 
And perfectly by faith made whole. 
Doth bright in thy full image rise, 
To share thy glory m the skies. 



RE-UNION TO GOD. 

Eccles. 7 : 29. 

Upright, both in heart and will. 

We by our God were made ; 
But we turn'd from good to ill. 

And o'er the creature stray'd ; 
Multiplied our wand'ring thought, 

Which first was fix'd on God alone 
In ten thousand objects sought 

The bliss we lost in one. 

From our own inventions vain 

Of fancied happiness. 
Draw us to thyself again. 

And bid our Avand'rings cease ; 
Jesus, speak our souls restored, 

By love's divine simplicity; 
Reunited to our Lord, 

And wholly lost in thee! 



146 CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE AND FRIEND. 
CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE AND FRIEND. 

I John a : I. Flos. 14 : 4. Ezek. 11 : 19. Isa. 4S : 4. 

Weary of Avandering from my God, 
And now made willing to retm^n, 

I hear, and bow me to the rod ; 

For thee, not without hope, I mourn : 

I have an Advocate above, 

A Friend before the throne of Love. 

O Jesus, full of truth and grace. 
More full of grace than I of sin ; 

Yet once again I seek thy face, 
Open thine arms, and take me in ; 

And freely my backslidings heal. 

And love the faithless sinner still. 

Thou know'st the way to bring me back, 

My fallen spirit to restore ; 
O I for thy truth and mercy's sake, 

Forgive, and bid me sin no more; 
The ruins of my soul repair. 
And make my heart a house of prayer. 

The stone to flesh again convert ; 

The veil of sin again remove : 
Sprinkle thy blood upon my heart, 

And melt it by thy dying love ! 
This rebel heart by love subdue, 
And make it soft, and make it new. 

Give to mine eyes refreshing tears. 
And kindle my relentings now ; 



LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD. 147 

Fill my whole soul with filial fears : 

To thy sweet yoke my spirit bow ; 
Bend by thy grace, O bend or break, 
The iron sinew in my neck ! 

Ah ! give me, Lord, the tender heart. 
That trembles at the approach of sin : 

A godly fear of sin impart ; 

Implant, and root it dee-p within ; 

That I may dread thy gracious povv'er, 

And never dare to oifend thee more. 



LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD. 

2, Peter 3 : 9. Rom. 8 : 21. 

O God, if thou art love indeed, 
Let it once more be proved in me. 

That I thy mercy's praise may spread, 
For every child of Adam free : 

O let me now the gift embrace : 

O let me now be saved by grace ! 

If all long-suifering thoii hast shown 
On me, that others may believe, 

Now make thy loving-kindness known. 
Now the all-conquering Spirit give, 

Spirit of victory and power. 

That I may never grieve thee more. 

Grant my importunate request ; 
Lt is not my desire, but thine ; 



148 A PENITENTIAL HYMN. 

Since thou would'st have the sinner blest, 

ISTow let me in thine image shine, 
l!^or ever from thy footsteps move, 
But more than conquer through thy love. 

Be it according to thy will; 

Set my imprison'd spirit free; 
The counsel of thy grace fulfil ; 

Into thy glorious liberty 
My spirit, soul, and flesh restore, 
And I shall never grieve thee more. 



A PENITENTIAL HYMN. 

Psalm 95 : 8. Heb. 4 : 3. 

Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay, 

Though I have done thee such despite ; 

^or cast the sinner quite away, 
Nor take thine everlasting flight. 

Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart, 
And still shook off my guilty fears, 

And vex'd, and urged thee to depart. 
For many long rebellious years. 

Though I have most unfaithful been, 
Of all who e'er thy grace received ; 

Ten thousand times thy goodness seen. 
Ten thousand times thy goodness griev'd 

Yet, O ! the chief of sinners spare, 
In honour of my great High-Priest ; 



THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN. 149 

Kor in tliy righteous anger swear 

To exclude me from thy people's rest. 

This only Avoe I deprecate; 

This only j)lague I pray remove; 
ISTor leave me in my lost estate ; 

^or curse me with this want of love. 

ISTow, Lord, my weary soul release, 
Up-raise me with thy gracious hand. 

And guide into thy perfect peace, 
And bring me to the promised land. 



THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN. 

Luke 15 : 18, 19. Psalm 51 : 11. 

Yes, from this instant now, I will 

To my offended Father cry; 
My base ingratitude I feel, 

Vilest of all thy children, I, 
Not worthy to be call'd thy son ; 
Yet will I thee my Father own. 

Guide of my life hast thou not been, 
And rescued me from passion's power? 

Ten thousand times preserved from sin, 
Nor let the greedy grave devour? 

And wilt thou now thy wrath retain, 

Nor ever love thy child again? 

Ah! canst thou find it in thy heart 
' To give me up, so long pursued ! 



150 RENUNCIATION OF WORLDLY VANITIES. 

Ah ! canst thou finally depart, 

And leave thy creature in his blood ! 
Leave me, — out of thy presence cast, 
To perish in my sins at last ! 

If thou hast will'd me to return, 
If weeping at thy feet I fall. 

The prodigal thou wilt not spurn, 
But pity, and forgive me all, 

In answer to my Friend above, 

In honour of his bleeding: love! 



RENUNCIATION OF WORLDLY VANITIES. 

I Cor. 2 : 2. Heb. 2 : 9. Psalm 116 : 7. 

Vaii^, delusive world, adieu. 

With all of creature-good ! 
Only Jesus I pursue. 

Who bought me with his blood : 
All thy pleasures I forego, 

I trample on thy wealth and pride : 
Only Jesus will I know. 

And Jesus crucified. 

Other knowledge I disdain, 

'Tis all but vanity: 
Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain, 

He tasted death for me. 
Me to save from endless woe, 

The sin-atoning Victim died : 
Only Jesus will I know. 

And Jesus crucified. 



REN'UNCIATION OF WORLDLY VANITIES. 15 1 

Turning to my rest again, 

The SaTioiir I adore ; 
He relieves my grief and pain, 

And bids me weep no more. 
Rivers of salvation flow 

From out his head, his hands, his side : 
Only Jesus will I know, 

And Jesus crucified. 

Here will I set up my rest, 

My fluctuating heart 
From the haven of his breast 

Shall never more depart. 
Whither should a sinner go ? 

His wounds for me stand open wide : 
Only Jesus will I know, 

And Jesus crucified. 

Him to know is life and peace, 

And pleasure without end ; 
This is all my happiness, 

On Jesus to depend ; 
Daily in his grace to grow. 

And ever in his faith abide, 
Only Jesus will I know, 

And Jesus crucified ! 

O that I could all invite. 

This saving truth to prove : 
Show the length, the breadth, the height, 

And depth of Jesus' love ! 
Fain I would to sinners show 

The blood by faith alone applied ! 
Only Jesus will I know. 

And Jesus crucified ! 



152 AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN 

AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN 

Matt. 13 : 8. John 11 : 32. Job 42 : 5, 6. 

My God, my God, to tliee I cry ; 

Thee only would I know ; 
Thy purifying blood apply, 

And wash me white as snow. 

Touch me, and make the leper clean, 

Purge my iniquity : 
Unless thou wash my soul from sin, 

I have no part in thee. 

But art thou not already mine ? 

Answer, if mine thou art ! 
Whisper within, thou Love Divine, 

And cheer my drooping heart. 

Tell me again my peace is made, 

And bid the sinner live : 
The debt's discharged, the ransom's paid, 

My Father must forgive. 

Behold, for me the Victim bleeds, 
His wounds are open'd wide : 

For me the blood of sprinkling pleads, 
And speaks me justified. 

O why did I my Saviour leave. 

So soon unfaithful prove ! 
How could I thy good Spirit grieve, 

And sin against thy love ! 



WATCH AND PRAY. 1 53 

I forced thee first to disappear ; 

I turn'd thy face aside : 
Ah, Lord ! if thou hadst still been here, 

Thy servant had not died. 

But O, how soon thy wrath is o'er, 
And pardoning love takes place ! 

Assist me, Saviour, to adore 
Tlie riches of thy grace. 

could I lose myself in thee, 
Thy depth of mercy prove, 

Thou vast, unfathomable sea 
Of unexhausted love ! 

My humbled soul, when thou art near, 

In dust and ashes lies : 
How shall a sinful worm appear, 

Or meet thy purer eyes ? 

1 loathe myself when God I see, 
And into nothing fall ; 

Content if thou exalted be, 
And Christ be All in All. 



WATCH AND PRAY. 

Eph. 5 : 14. Job 26 : 14. Isaiah 30 : 21. Psalm 18 : 2. 

Gkacious Redeemer, shake 

This slumber from my soul! 
Say to me now, " Awake, awake ! 
• And Christ shall make thee whole." 



54 WATCH AND PRAY. 

Lay to thy mighty hand; 

Alarm me in this horn*; 
And make me fully understand 

The thmider of thy power. 

Give me on thee to call, 

Always to Avatch and pray, 
Lest I into temptation fall, 

And cast my shield away. 
For each assault prepared 

And ready may I be ; 
For ever standing on my guard, 

And looking up to thee. 

O do thou always warn 

My soul of evil near ! 
When to the right or left I turn, 

Thy voice still let me hear: 
" Come back ! this is the way ; 

Come back, and walk herein!" 
O may I hearken and obey, 

And shun the paths of sin ! 

Thou seest my feebleness ; 

Jesus, be thou my power, 
My help and refuge in distress, 

My fortress and my tower. 
Give me to trust in thee ! 

Be thou my sure abode ; 
M.J horn, and rock, and buckler be, 

My Saviour, and my God. 

Myself I cannot save. 
Myself I cannot keep : 



PAY THY VOWS. 155 

But strength in tliee I surely have, 

Whose eyelids never sleep: 
My soul to thee alone, 

Now, therefore, I commend ; 
Thou, Jesus, love me as thy own, 

And love me to the end. 



''PAY THY VOWS." 

Psalm 56 : 12. Psalm 80 : 19. Rom. 5:5. 

HOW shall a sinner perform 

The vows he hath vow'd to the Lord? 
A sinful and impotent worm. 

How can I be true to my word ? 

1 tremble at what I have done : 

O send me thy help from above : 
The power of thy Spirit make known, 
The virtue of Jesus's love ! 

My solemn engagements are vain. 

My promises empty as air ; 
My vows, I shall break them again. 

And plunge in eternal despair : 
Unless my omnipotent God 

The sense of his goodness impart, 
And shed by his Spirit abroad 

The love of himself in my heart. 

O Lover of Sinners, extend 

To me thy compassionate grace ! 

Appear, my affliction to end ; 

Afford me a glimpse of tliy face ! 



5^ CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE. 

That light shall enkindle in me 
A flame of reciprocal love ; 

And then I shall cleave unto thee, 
And then I shall never remove. 

O come to a mourner in pain, 

Thy peace in my conscience reveal ! 
And then I shall love thee again. 

And sing of the goodness I feel : 
Constrain'd by the grace of my Lord, 

My soul shall in all things obey, 
And wait to be fully restored, 

And long to be summon'd away^ 



CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE. 

Neh, 5 : 9. 

Watch'd by the world's malignant eye. 
Who load us with reproach and shame ; 

As servants of the Lord Most High, 
As zealous for his glorious name. 

We ought in all his paths to move. 

With holy fear and humble love. 

That wisdom, Lord, on us bestow. 

From every evil to depart ; 
To stop the mouth of every foe. 

While, upright both in life and heart. 
The proofs of godly fear we give. 
And show them how the Christians live. 



FILIAL FEAR. 157 

FILIAL FEAR. 

Rom. 6 : l, 2. Eph. 4 : 30. I Pet. i : 17. 

God of all grace and majesty, 

Supremely great and good! 
If I have mercy fomid witli thee, 

Tlirongh the atoning blood; 
The guard of all thy mercies give, 

And to my pardon join 
A fear lest I should ever grieve 

The gracious Spirit Divine. 

If mercy is indeed with thee, 

May I obedient prove ; 
Xor e'er abuse my liberty, 

Or sin against thy love : 
This choicest fruit of faith bestow 

On a poor sojourner ; 
And let me pass my days below 

In humbleness and fear. 

Rather I would in darkness mourn 

The absence of thy peace, 
Than e'er by light irreverence turn 

Thy grace to Avantonness : 
Rather I would, in painful awe. 

Beneath thine anger move. 
Than sin against the gospel law 
Of liberty and love. 

But O ! thou would'st not have me li\'e 
■ In bondage, grief, or pain ; 



158 CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY. 

Thou dost not take delight to grieve 
The helpless sons of men: 

Thy will is my salvation, Lord; 
And let it now take place ! 

And let me tremble at the word 
Of reconciling grace. 

Still may I walk as in thy sight, 

My strict Observer see ; 
And thou by reverent love miite 

My child-like heart to thee : 
Still let me, till my days are past. 

At Jesu's feet abide ; 
So shall he lift me np at last, 

And seat me by his side. 



CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY. 

Lev. 8 : 35. Mark 13 : 33. 

A CHAKGE to keep I have, 

A God to glorify; 
A never-dying soul to save, 

And lit it for the sky. 
To serve the j^resent age. 

My calling to fulfil; 
O may it all my powers engage. 

To do my Master's will! 

Arm me with jealous care, 
As in thy sight to live ; 



THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION. 159 

And O ! thy servant, Lord, prepare 

A strict account to give. 
Help me to watch and pray. 

And on thyself rely ; 
Assured, if I my trust betray, 

I shall for ever die. 



THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION. 

saiah 2 : 2, 3. Eph. 6 : 11, 12. Rev. 3 : 21. Rev. 5 : 5. 

Hark, how the watchmen cry ! 

Attend the trumpet's soimd. 
Stand to your arms ! the foe is nigh ; 

The powers of hell surround. 
Who bow to Christ's command, 

Your arms and hearts prepare ; 
The day of battle is at hand ! 

Go forth to glorious war ! 

See, on the mountain top, 

The standard of your God ! 
In Jesu's name I lift it up, 

All stain'd with hallow'd blood. 
His standard-bearer, I 

To all the nations call : 
Let all to Jesu's cross draw nigh ! 

He bore the cross for all. 

Go up with Christ your Head, 
Your Captain's footsteps see ; 

Follow your Captain, and be led 
To certain victory. 
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l6o THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION. 

All power to him is given ; 

He ever reigns the same ; 
Salvation, happiness, and heaven 

Are all in Jesu's name. 

On\j have faith in God ; 

In faith your foes assail ; 
Not wrestling against flesh and blood. 

But all the j)owers of hell. 
From thrones of glory driven, 

By flaming vengeance hurl'd. 
They throng the air, and darken heaven 

And rule the lower world. 

Angels your march oppose. 

Who still in strength excel; 
Your secret, sworn, eternal foes ; 

Countless, invisible. 
With rage that never ends, 

Their hellish arts they try; 
Legions of dire, malicious fiends, 

And spirits enthroned on high. 

On earth the usurpers reign, 

Exert their baneful power ; 
O'er the poor fallen sons of men 

They tyrannize their hour. 
But shall believers fear ? 

But shall believers fly? 
Or see the bloody cross appear, 

And all their powers defy ? 

Jesu's tremendous name 
Puts all our foes to fliofht : 



THE FEAR OF GOD. l6l 

Jesus, the meek, the angry Lamb, 

A Lion is in fight. 
By all hell's host withstood. 

We all hell's host o'erthrow ; 
And conquering them, through Jesu's blood, 

We still to conquer go. 

Our Captain leads us on ; 

He beckons from the skies, 
And reaches out a starry crown, 

And bids us take the prize. 
" Be faithful unto death ; 

Partake my victory ; 
And thou shalt wear this glorious wreath, 

And thou shalt reign with me." 



THE FEAR OF GOD. 

Prov. 7 : 2. 

Pierce, fill me with an humble fear, 
My utter helplessness reveal ; 

Satan and sin are always near ; 
Thee may I always nearer feel. 

that to thee my constant mind 
Might with an even flame aspire ; 

Pride in its earliest motions fmd, 
And mark the risings of desire. 

O that my tender soul might fly 
The first abhorr'd approach of ill : 



1 62 WATCH IN ALL THINGS. 

Quick as the apple of an eye, 
The slightest touch of sin to feel. 

Till thou anew my soul create, 

Still may I strive, and watch, and pray ; 

Humbly and confidently wait, 
And long to see the perfect day. 



WATCH IN ALL THINGS. 

Isaiah 30 : 21. 

Jesus, my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
On whom I cast my every care, 

On whom for all things I depend, 
Inspire, and then accept my prayer. 

If I have tasted of thy grace. 

The grace that sure salvation brings 

If with me now thy Spirit stays. 

And hov'rino' hides me in his winofs : 



"»- 



Still let him with my weakness stay, 
I^or for a moment's space depart ; 

Evil and danger turn away. 

And keep till he renews my heart. 

When to the right or left I stray, 

His voice behind me may I hear : 
' Return, and walk in Christ thy way ; 
Fly back to Christ, for sin is near !" 

His sacred unction from above. 
Be still my comforter and guide, 



FOR A TENDER CONSCIENCE. 163 

Till all the stony he remove. 
And in my loving heart reside. 

Jesus, I fain would walk in thee, 
From nature's every path retreat : 

Thou art my way, my leader be, 
And set upon the rock my feet. 

Uphold me. Saviour, or I fall ; 

O reach me out thy gracious hand ! 
Only on thee for help I call; 

Only by faith in thee I stand. 



FOR A TENDER CONSCIENCE. 

Prov. 7 : 2. Acts 24 : 16. Isaiah 30 : 21. 

I WANT a principle within 

Of jealous, godly fear ; 
A sensibility of sin, 

A pain to feel it near. 
I want the first approach to feel 

Of pride or fond desire ; 
To catch the wand'ring of my will, 

And quench the kindling fire. 

That I from thee no more may part, 

'No more thy goodness grieve. 
The filial awe, the fleshly heart, 

The tender conscience, give. 
Quick as the apple of an eye, 

O God, my conscience make ! 
Awake my soul, when sin is nigh, 

And keep it still awake. 



164 FOR A NEW HEART. 

If to the right or left I stray, 

That moment, Lord, reprove ; 
And let me weep my life aAvay, 

For having grieved thy love. 
O may the least omission pain 

My well-instructed soul ; 
And drive me to the blood again, 

Which makes the wounded whole ! 



FOR A NEW HEART. 

Ezek. 36 : 26, 27. 

O Jesus, let thy dying cry 
Pierce to the bottom of my heart ; 

Its evils cure, its wants supply. 
And bid my unbelief depart. 

Slay the dire root and seed of sin ; 

Prepare for thee the holiest place ! 
Then, O Essential Love, come in ! 

And fill thy house with endless praise. 

Let me, according to thy word, 
A tender, contrite heart receive, 

Which grieves at having grieved its Lord, 
And never can itself forgive. 

A heart, thy joys and griefs to feel, 
A heart that cannot faithless prove : 

A heart where Christ alone may dwell, 
All praise, all meekness, and all love. 



PART VI 



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PART THE SIXTH. 
CHRIST THE WAY. 

John 14 : 6. Psalm 66 : 12. i Peter 5 : 10. 

Jesu, my truth, my way, 
My sure, unerring light, 

On thee my feeble steps I stay, 
Which thou wilt guide aright. 

My wisdom and my guide, 
My counsellor thou art ; 

never let me leave thy side, 
Or from thy paths depart. 

1 lift my eyes to thee. 

Thou gracious, bleedhig Lamb, 
That I may now enlighten'd be. 
And never put to shame. 

I^ever will I remove 

Out of thy hands my cause ; 



l68 CHRIST THE WAY. 

Bat rest in thy redeeming love, 
And hang npon thy cross. 

Teach me the happy art 

In all things to depend 
On thee ; O never, Lord, depart, 

But love me to the end! 

Still stir me up to strive 
With thee in strength divine; 

And every moment. Lord, revive 
This fainting soul of mine. 

Persist to save my soul 
Throughout the fiery hour. 

Till I am every whit made whole, 
And show forth all thy power. 

Through fire and water bring 
Into the wealthy place ; 

And teach me the new song to sing, 
When perfected in grace ! 

O make me all like thee. 
Before I hence remove ! 

Settle, confirm, and 'stablish me, 
And build me up in love. 

Let me thy Avitness live, 
When sin is all destroy'd: 

And then my spotless soul receive, 
And take me home to God. 



IN WORLDLY CARE. 169 

IN WORLDLY CARE. 

Luke 10 : 41, 42. Psalm 55 : 22. i Peter 5:7. 

Lo ! I come with joy to do 

The Master's blessed will: 
Him in outward works pursue, 

And serve his pleasure still. 
Faithful to my Lord's commands, 

I still would choose the better part ; 
Serve with careful MartlicCs hands, 

And loving Mar if s heart. 

Careful without care I am, 

Nor feel my happy toil, 
Kept in peace by Jesu's name. 

Supported by his smile: 
Joyful thus my faith to show, 

I find his service my reward ; 
Every work I do below, 

I do it to the Lord. 

Thou, O Lord, in tender love, 

Dost all my burdens bear! 
Lift my heart to things above, 

And fix it ever there! 
Calm on tumult's wheel I sit, 

'Midst busy multitudes alone, 
Sweetly waiting at thy feet. 

Till all thy will be done. 

To the desert, or the cell, 
Let others blindly fly. 



70 THE LORD OUR GUIDE. 

In this evil world I dwell, 

Unhurt, unspotted, I: 
Here I find a house of prayer, 

To which I inwardly retire. 
Walking unconcerned in care. 

And unconsumed in fire. 

Thou, O Lord, my portion art. 

Before I hence remove ! 
NoAV my treasure and my heart 

Are all laid up above : 
Far above all earthly things. 

While yet my hands are here employ'd, 
Sees my soul the King of kings. 

And freely talks with God. 

O that all the art might know 

Of living thus to thee ! 
Find their heaven begun below. 

And here thy glory see ! 
Walk in all the works prepared 

By thee to exercise their grace, 
Till they gain their full reward, 

And see thy glorious face ! 



THE LORD OUR GUIDE. 

Exodus 13 : 21. 

Captaijs- of Israel's host, and Guide 
Of all who seek the land above. 

Beneath thy shadow we abide, 
The cloud of thy protecting love : 



THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS. 171 

Our strength, thy grace; our rule, thy word; 
Our end, the glory of the Lord. 

By thine unerring Spirit led. 

We shall not in the desert stray ; 

We shall not full direction need, 
'Nov miss our providential way ; 

As far from danger as from fear, 

While love, almighty love, is near. 



THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS. 
I. 

Job I : 21. 

Fathee, into thy hands alone 

I have my all restored ; 
My all, thy property I own, 

The steward of the Lord. 

Hereafter none can take away 
My life, or goods, or fame; 

Ready at thy demand to lay 
Them down I always am. 

Confiding in thy only love, 

Through Jesus strength'ning me, 

I wait thy faithfulness to prove. 
And give back all to thee. 

Take when thou wilt into thy hands, 
And as thou wilt require ; 



172 THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS. 

Resume by the Chaldean bands, 
Or the devouring fire. 

Determined all thy will to obey, 
Thy blessings I restore ; 

Give, Lord, or take thy gifts away, 
I praise thee evermore ! 



II. 



Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
One in Three, and Three in One, 

As by the celestial host, 

Let thy will on earth be done; 

Praise by all to thee be given. 

Glorious Lord of earth and heaven. 

Vilest of the sinful race, 

Lo ! I answer to thy call : 
Meanest vessel of thy grace, 

Grace divinely free for all, 
Lo! I come to do thy Avill, 
All thy counsel to fulfil. 

If so poor a worm as I 

May to thy great glory live. 

All my actions sanctify. 

All my words and thoughts receive; 

Claim me for thy service, claim 

All I have, and all I am. 

Take my soul and body's powers; 
Take my memory, mind, and will ; 



THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS 173 

All my goods, and all my hours, 

All I know, and all I feel ; 
All I think, or speak, or do ; 
Take my heart ; — but make it new ! 

Now, O God, thine own I am ; 

Xow I give thee back thine own; 
Freedom, friends, and health, and fame, 

Consecrate to thee alone: 
Thine I live, thrice happy I! 
Happier still if thine I die. 

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

One in Three, and Three in One, 

As by the celestial host, 

Let thy will on earth be done; 

Praise by all to thee- be given, 

Glorious Lord of earth and heaven. 



in. 

Rom. 14 : 8. 



Let Him to whom we now belong 
His sovereign right assert. 

And take up every thanlsful song, 
And every loving heart. 

He justly claims us for his own, 
Who bought us with a price; 

The Christian lives to Christ alone, 
To Christ alone he dies! 



174 DESIRE FOR SALVATION. 

Jesus, thine own at last receive, 
Fulfil our heart's desire, 

And let us to thy glory live, 
And in thy cause exjDire. 

Our souls and bodies we resign ; 

With joy we render thee 
Our all, no longer ours, but thine 

To all eternity. 



DESIRE FOR SALVATION. 

Gen. 49 : i8. 

Long have I waited, Lord, 

For thy salvation here. 
And hoped, according to thy word. 

To see it soon appear: 
To see thee passing by. 

All-glorious from above, 
The Lord of hosts, the Lord most high, 

The God of pardoning love. 

Thyself Jehovah's Son, 

Discover to my heart. 
That when I have my Saviour known, 

I may in peace depart : 
May thee, the world's desire, 

With arms of faith embrace, 
And then, with yon enraptured choir, 

For ever see thy face. 



THE AUTHOR OF ALL GOOD. l/- 

THE AUTHOR OF ALL GOOD. 

James 1:17. John 15 : 5. Phil. 2:13. Isa, 26 : 12. 

Fathee, to thee my soul I lift ; 

My soul on thee depends, 
Convinced that every perfect gift 

From thee alone descends. 

Mercy and grace are thine alone, 

And power and wisdom too : 
Without the Spirit of thy Son 

We nothing good can do. 

We cannot speak one useful word, 

One holy thought conceive, 
Unless, in answer to our Lord, 

Thyself the blessing give. 

His blood demands the purchased grace, 

His blood's availing plea 
Obtain' d the help for all our race. 

And sends it down to me. 

Thou all our works in us hast wrought ; 

Our good is all divine: 
The praise of every virtuous thought, 

And righteous word is thine. 

From thee, through Jesus, we receive 

The power on thee to call ; 
In whom we are, and move, and live, 

Our God is all in all. 
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176 TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 



TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 

Infinite God, to tliee we raise 

Our hearts in solemn songs of praise ; 

By all thy works on earth adored, 

We worship thee, the common Lord ; 

The everlasting Father own. 

And bow ourselves before thy throne. 

Thee all the choir of angels sings, 
The Lord of hosts, the King of kings ; 
Cherubs proclaim thy praise aloud. 
And Seraphs shout the triune God; 
And, " Holy, holy, holy," cry, 
*'Thy glory fills both earth and sky!" 

God of the patriarchal race, 

The ancient seers record thy praise ; 

The goodly apostolic band 

In highest joy and glory stand ; 

And all the saints and prophets join 

To extol thy majesty divine. 

Head of the martyrs' noble host. 
Of thee they justly make their boast ; 
The church to earth's remotest bounds. 
Her heavenly Founder's praise resounds ; 
And strives with those around the throne, 
To hymn the mystic Three in One 

Father of endless majesty. 

All might and love they render thee ; 



TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 177 

Thy true and only Sou adore, 
The same iu dignity and power; 
And God the Holy Ghost declare, 
The saints' eternal Comforter. 

Messiah, joy of every heart, 
Thou, thou the King of glory art ; 
The Father's everlasting Son, 
Thee it delights thy church to own ; 
For all our hopes on thee depend, 
Whose glorious mercies never end. 

Bent to redeem a sinful race, 
Thou, Lord, with unexampled grace, 
Into our lower world didst come, 
And stoop to a poor virgin's Avomb ; 
Whom all the heavens cannot contain, 
Our God appear'd a child of man ! 

When thou hadst render'd up thy breath, 
And dying drawn the sting of death. 
Thou didst from earth triump?iant rise, 
And ope the portals of the skies, 
That all who trust in thee alone 
Might follow and partake thy throne. 

Seated at God's right hand again. 
Thou dost in all his glory reign ; 
Thou dost, thy Father's image, shine 
In all the attributes divine; 
And thou with judgment clad shalt come, 
To seal our everlasting doom. 



lyS TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 

Wherefore we now for mercy pray^ 
O Saviour, take our sins away! 
Before thou as our Judge apjDear, 
In dreadful majesty severe, 
Appear our Advocate with God, 
And save the purchase of thy blood. 

Hallow, and make thy servants meet, 
And Avith thy saints in glory seat; 
Sustain and bless us by thy sway, 
And keep to that tremendous day, 
When all thy church shall chant above 
The new eternal song of love. 

Saviour, we now rejoice in hope. 
That thou at last wilt take us up ; 
With daily triumph we proclaim, 
And bless and magnify thy name ; 
And wait thy greatness to adore 
When time and death shall be no more. 

■ Till then with us vouchsafe to stay, 
And keep us pure from sin to-day; 
Thy great confirming grace bestow, 
And guard us all our days below ; 
And ever mightily defend. 
And save thy servants to the end. 

Still let ns. Lord, by thee be blest, 
Who in thy guardian mercy rest : 
Extend tliy mercy's arms to me. 
The weakest soul that trusts in thee ; 
And never let me lose thy love. 
Till I, even I, am crown'd above. 



PRAISE TO THE TRINITY. 179 



PRAISE TO THE TRINITY. 

A THOUSAXD oracles divine 
Their common beams nnite; 

That sinners may with angels join 
To worship God aright : 

To praise a Trinity adored 

By all the liosts above ; 
And one thrice-holy God and Lord 

Throngh endless ages love. 

Triumphant host! they never cease 

To laud and magnify 
The Triune God of Holiness, 

Whose glory fills- the sky : 

Whose glory to this earth extends, 
When God himself imparts. 

And the whole Trinity descends 
Into our faithful hearts. 

By foith the upper choir we meet ; 

And challenge them to sing- 
Jehovah, on his shining seat. 

Our Maker and our King. 

But God made flesh is Avholly ours. 
And asks our nobler strain : 

The Father of celestial powers. 
The Friend of earth-born man ! 



l8o THE CHRISTIAN'S VICTORY. 

Ye seraphs, nearest to the throne, 

With rapturous amaze 
On us, poor ransom'd worms, look down, 

For heaven's superior praise. 

The King, whose glorious face ye see. 

For us his crown resign'd; 
That fuhiess of the Deity, 

He died for all mankind! 



THE CHRISTIAN'S VICTORY. 

2 Tim. 4:7. 

" I THE good fight have fought," 

when shall I declare? 

The victory by my Saviour got, 

1 long with Paul to share. 
O may I triumph so. 

When all my warfare's past; 
And, dying, find my latest foe 
Under my feet at last ! 

This blessed word be mine 

Just as the port is gain'd, 
" Kept by the power of grace divine, 

I have the faith maintain'd." 
The Apostles of my Lord, 

To whom it first was given. 
They could not speak a greater word, 

Kor all the saints in heaven. 



THE REIGN OF CHRIST. l8l 



THE REIGN OF CHRIST. 

Phil. 4: 4. Heb. i : 3. Rev. i : 18, Acts a : 34, 35. Rom. 
6:6. I Thes, 4 : 16, 17. 

Rejoice, the Lord is King ; 

Your Lord and King adore ; 
Mortals, give thanks, and sing, 

And triumph evermore ; 
Lift np your hearts, lift up your voice, 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

Jesus, the Saviour, reigns, 
The God of truth and love ; 

When he had purged our stains. 
He took his seat above ; 

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, 

Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

His kingdom cannot fail. 

He rules o'er earth and heaven ; 

The keys of death and hell 
Are to our Jesus given ; 

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, 

Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

He sits at God's right hand 

Till all his foes submit, 
And bow to his command, 

And fall beneath his feet ; 
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

He all his foes shall quell, 
Shall all our sins destroy: 



l82 THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

And every bosom SAvell 

With pure seraphic joy; 
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

Rejoice in glorious hope, 
Jesus the Judge shall come, 

And take his servants up 
To their eternal home ; 

We soon shall hear the archangel's voice, 

The trump of God shall sound. Rejoice ! 



THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Jer. 9 : 23. 2 Cor. 10 : 17. 

Let not the wise his wisdom boast. 

The mighty glory in his might; 
The rich in flattering riches trust. 

Which take their everlasting flight. 
The rush of numerous years bears down 

The most gigantic strength of man ; 
And where is all his wisdom gone. 

When dust he tunis to dust again. 

One only gift can justify 

The boasting soul that knows his God 
When Jesus doth his blood apply, 

I glory in his sprinkled blood. 
The Lord my Righteousness I praise; 

I triumph in the love divine. 
The wdsdom, wealth, and strength of grace, 

In Christ to endless acres mine. 



CHRIST OUR INTERCESSOR. 
CHRIST OUR INTERCESSOR. 

Heb. 7 : 25. Rom, 8 : 15. 

Arise, my soul, arise, 

Shake off thy guilty fears, 
The bleeding Sacrifice 

In my behalf appears ; 
Before the throne my Surety stands, 
My nam.e is ^vritten on his hands. 

He ever lives above, 

For me to intercede ; 
His all-redeeming love, 

His precious blood, to plead ; 
His blood atoned for all our race 
And sprinkles now the throne of grace. 

Five bleeding wounds he bears, 

Received on Calvary ; 
They pour effectual prayers. 

They strongly speak for me ; 
Forgive him, O forgive, they cry, 
N^or let that ransom'd sinner die ! 

The Father hears him pray, 

His dear anointed One : 
He cannot turn away 

The presence of his Son : 
His Spirit answers to the blood, 
And tells me I am born of God. 

My God is reconciled, 

His pard'ning voice I hear ; 



1 84 GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. 

He owns me for his child, 

I can no longer fear : 
With confideilce I now draw nigh, 
And Father, Abba, Father, cry. 



GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. 

Gloey be to God on high, 
God whose glory fills the sky : 
Peace on earth to man forgiven, 
Man the well-beloved of heaven. 

Sovereign Father, heavenly King, 
Thee we now presume to sing ; 
Glad, thine attributes confess 
Glorious all, and numberless. 

Hail, by all thy works adored ! 
Hail, the everlasting Lord ! 
Thee with thankful hearts we prove 
God of power, and God of love. 

Christ our Lord and God we own, 
Christ, the Father's only Son, 
Lamb of God for sinners slain. 
Saviour of offending man. 

Bow thine ear, in mercy bow. 
Hear, the world's Atonement, thou ! 
Jesus, in thy name we pray. 
Take, O take our sins away ! 



THE TRINITY. 185 

Powerful Advocate with God, 
Justify us by thy blood ; 
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, 
Hear, the world's Atonement, thou ! 

Hear, for thou, O Christ, alone 
Art with thy great Father one : 
One the Holy Ghost with thee; 
One supreme, eternal Theee. 



THE TRINITY. 

Num. 6 : 24—26. 

Jehovah, God the Father, bless, 

And thy own work defend ! 
With mercy's outstretch'd arms embrace, 

And keep us to the end ! 

Preserve the creatures of thy love ; 

By providential care 
Conducted to the realms above, 

To sing thy goodness there. 

Jehovah, God the Son, reveal 

The brightness of thy face ; 
And all thy pardon'd people fill 

With plenitude of grace ! 

Shine forth with all the Deity, 
Which dwells in thee alone; 

And lift us up, thy face to see 
On thy eternal throne. 



l86 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 

Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine, 
Father and Son to show ! 

With bliss ineffable, divine. 
Our ravish'd hearts o'erflow. 

Sure earnest of that hapiDiness, 
Which human hope transcends, 

Be thou our everlasting peace, 
When grace in glory ends! 



"THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 

Luke 11:2. Rom. 14 : 17. 

Father of me, and all mankind, 

And all the hosts above. 
Let every nnderstanding mind 

Unite to praise thy love ; — 

To know thy nature and thy name. 

One God in persons three ; 
And glorify the great I AM 

Through all eternity. 

Thy kingdom come, with power and grace 

To every heart of man : 
Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness, 

In all our bosoms reign. 

Thy righteousness our sins keep down, 
Thy peace our passions bind ; 



THE GODHEAD OF CHRIST. 187: 

And let us, in thy joy unknown, 
The hrst dominion find. 

The righteousness that never ends. 

But makes an end of sin, 
The joy that human thought transcends, 

Into our souls bring in: 

The kingdom of establish'd peace, 

Which can no more remove, 
The perfect power of godliness, 

The omnipotence of love. 



THE GODHEAD OF CHRIST. 

I John I : 7. Phil, i : 10. 

The day of Christ, the day of God, 
We humbly hope with joy to see, 

Wash'd in the sanctifying blood 
Of an expiring Deity : 

Who did for us his life resign : 
There is no other God but one ; 

For all the plenitude divine 
Resides in the eternal Son. 

Spotless, sincere, without ofience, 
O may we to his day remain ! 

Who trust the blood of Christ to cleanse 
Our souls from every sinful stain. 



THE NAME OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED. 

Lord, we belieA^e the promise sure ! 

The purchased Comforter impart ! 
AjDpIy thy blood to make us pure : 

To keep us pure in life and heart ! 

Then let us see that day supreme, 
When none thy Godhead shall deny ; 

Thy sovereign Majesty blaspheme. 

Or count thee less than the Most High! 

When all who on their God believe, 
Who hear thy last appealing love, 

Shall thy consummate joy receive, 
And see thy glorious face above. 



THE NAME OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED, 

Exodus 34 : 5, 7. 

Great God! to me the sight aiford, 

To him of old allow'd ; 
And let my faith behold its Lord 

Descending in a cloud. 
In that revealing Spirit come down, 

Thine attributes proclaim, 
And to my inmost soul make known 

The glories of thy name. 

Jehovah, Christ, I thee adore. 
Who gav'st my soul to be! 

Fountain of being, and of power, 
And. great in majesty. 



THE NAME OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED. l 

The Lord, the mighty God, thou art; 

But let me rather prove 
That name in-spoken to my heart, 

That favourite name of Love. 

Merciful God, thyself proclaim 

Li this polluted breast ; 
Mercy is thy distinguish'd name. 

Which suits a sinner best. 
Our misery doth for pity call. 

Our sin implores thy grace 
And thou art merciful to all 

Our lost apostate race. 

Thy ceaseless, nnexhausted love, 

Unmerited and free. 
Delights our evil to remove. 

And lielp our misery. 
Thou waitest to be gracious still. 

Thou dost with sinners bear, 
That saved, Tve may thy goodness feel, 

And all thy grace declare. 

Thy goodness and thy truth to me, 

To every soul, abound ; 
A vast unfathomable sea, 

Where all our thoughts are drown'd. 
Its streams the whole creation reach, 

So plenteous is the store ; 
Enough for all, enough for each, 

Enough for evermore. 

Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are ! 
A rock that cannot move : 



19^ THE NAME QF THE LORD PROCLAIMED. 

A thousand promises declare 

Thy constancy of love. 
Throughout the universe it reigns, 

Unalterably sure; 
And while the truth of God remains, 

His goodness must endure. 

Reserves of unexhausted grace 

Are treasured up in thee. 
For myriads of the fallen race ; 

For all mankind and me. 
The flowing stream continues full 

Till time its course hath run ; 
And while eternal ages roll 

Thy mercy shall flow on. 

Merciful God, long-sufiering, kind, 

To me thy name is show'd; 
But sinners most exult to find 

Thou art a pardoning God. 
Our sins in deed, and word, and thought 

Thou freely dost forgive ; 
For us thou by thy blood hast bought, 

And died that I might live. 

Yet wilt thou not the guilty clear. 

If we to sin return : 
Thy wrath, vindictively severe. 

From age to age shall burn ; 
Unless our sinful misery 

We, self-con demn'd, bemoan, 
And find an Advocate in thee. 

Before thy Father's throne. 



MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY. 191 

MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY. 

Acts 17 : 28. Gen. i : 26. 

Hail ! Fatlier, Son, and Sj^irit great, 

Before the birtli of time 
Enthroned in everlasting state, 

Jehovah, Elohim ! 

A mystical plurality 

We in the Godhead own. 
Adoring One in Persons Three, 

And three in Nature One. 

From thee our being we receive, 

The creatures of thy grace, 
And, raised out of the earth, we live 

To sing our Maker's praise. 

Thy powerful, wise, and loving mind 

Did our creation plan ; 
And all the glorious Persons join'd 

To form thy favorite, Man. 

Again thou didst, in council met, 

Thy ruin'd work restore, 
Establish'd in our first estate, 

To forfeit it no more. 

And when we rise in love renew'dj 

Our souls resemble thee, 
An image of the Triune God, 

To all eternity. 
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192 THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. 

The incommunicable right, 

Ahnighty God ! receive, 
Which angel-choirs, and saints in light, 

And saints embodied, give. 

Three Persons equally divine 

We magnify and love ; 
And both the choirs ere long shall join 

To sing thy |)raise above. 

Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord, 
(Our heavenly song shall be,) 

Supreme, essential One, adored 
In co-eternal Three ! 



THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. 

Prov. 8 : 15, 21. 

Blest be our everlasting Lord, 

Our Father, God, and King ! 
Thy sovereign goodness we record. 

Thy glorious power we sing. 

By thee the victory is given ; 

The majesty divine. 
And strength, and might, and earth, and 
heaven, 

And all therein are thine. 

The kingdom. Lord, is thine alone. 
Who dost thy right maintain. 



THE PEACE OF GOD. 1 93 

And, high on thine eternal throne, 
O'er men and angels reign. 

Riches, as seemeth good to thee, 

Thou dost, and honour, give ; 
And Kings their power and dignity 

Out of thy hand receive. 

Thou hast on us the grace bestow'd 

Thy greatness to proclaim ; 
And therefore now we thank our God, 

And praise thy glorious name. 

Thy glorious name and nature's powers 
Thou dost to us make known ; 

And all the Deity is ours. 
Through thy incarnate Son. 



THE PEACE OF GOD. 

Numbers 6 : 26. 

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
One God in Persons Three, 

Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost 
By all mankind and me. 

Thy favour, and thy nature too, 

To me, to all restore ; 
Forgive, and after God renew, 

And keep us evermore. 



1^4 TO GOD THE FATHER. 

Eternal Sun of Righteousness, 

Display thy beams divine, 
And cause the glories of thy face 

Upon my heart to shine. 

Light in thy light O may I see. 
Thy grace and mercy prove; 

Revived, and cheer'd, and bless'd by thee, 
The God of pardoning love. 

Lift up thy countenance serene. 

And let thy happy child 
Behold, without a cloud between, 

The Godhead reconciled ! 

That all-comprising peace bestow 
On me, through grace forgiven 

The joys of holiness below, 
And then the joys of heaven ! 



TO GOD THE FATHER. 

Acts 17 : 28. Rev, 7 : 10. Rev. 20 : il. 

Fathee, in whom we live, 
In whom we are and move. 

The glory, power, and praise receive 
Of thy creating love. 

Let all the angel throng- 
Give thanks to God on high, 



TO GOD THE FATHER. I95 

While earth repeats the joyful song, 
And echoes thi-ough the sky. 

Incarnate Deity, 

Let all the ransom'd race 
Render in thanks their lives to thee, 

For thy redeeming grace : 

The grace to sinners show'd 

Ye heavenly choirs proclaim, 
And cry, Salvation to onr God, 

Salvation to the Lamb ! 

Spirit of holiness. 

Let all thy saints adore 
Thy sacred energy, and bless 

Thy heart-renewing power. 

Xot angel tongues can tell 

Thy love's ecstatic height, 
The glorious joy unspeakable, 

The beatific sight! 

Eternal triune Lord, 

Let all the hosts above. 
Let all the sons of men, record. 

And dwell upon thy love : 

AVhen heaven and earth are fled 

Before thy glorious face, 
Sing, all the saints thy love hath made, 

Thine everlasting praise ! 



196 PRAYER AND PRAISE. 



PRAYER AND PRAISE. 

Thou, my God, art good and wise, 

And infinite in power : 
Thee let all in earth and skies 

Continually adore! 
Give me thy converting grace. 

That I may obedient prove, 
Serve my Maker all my days, 

And my Redeemer love. 

For my life, and clothes, and food, 

And every comfort here. 
Thee, my most indulgent God, 

I thank with heart sincere ; 
For the blessings numberless. 

Which thou hast already given ; 
For my smallest spark of grace, 

And for my hope of heaven. 

Gracious God, my sins forgive. 

And thy good Spirit impart ! 
Then I shall in thee believe. 

With all my loving heart: 
Always unto Jesus look, 

Him in heavenly glory see. 
Who my cause hath undertook. 

And ever prays for me. 

Grace, in answer to his prayer, 
And every grace bestow, 

That I may with zealous care 
Perform thy will below; 



HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. I97 

Rooted ill humility, 

Still in every state resign'd, 
Plant, almighty Lord, in me 

A meek and lowly mind. 

Poor and vile in my own eyes, 

With self-abasing shame 
Still I would myself despise, 

And magnify thy name : 
Thee let every creature bless ; 

Praise to God alone be given: 
God alone deserves the praise 

Of all in earth and heaven. 



HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. 

Luke 15 : 21, 24, 

Thee, O my God and King, 

My Father, thee I sing! 
Hear, well-pleased the joyous sound, 

Praise from earth and heaven receive 
Lost — I now in Christ am found. 

Dead — by faith in Christ I live. 

Father, behold thy son, 

In Christ I am thy own : 
Stranger long to thee, and rest. 

See the prodigal is come: 
Open wide thine arms and breast. 

Take the wearv Avanderer home. 



IN TEiMPTATION. 

Thine eye observed from far, 

Thy pity look'd me near; 
Me thy bowels yearn'd to see; 

Me thy mercy ran to find. 
Empty, poor, and void of thee, 

Hungry, sick, and faint, and blind. 

Thou on my neck didst fall, 

Thy kiss forgave me all; 
Still thy gracious words I hear, 

Words that made the Saviour mine, 
Haste, for him the robe prepare. 

His be righteousness divine!" 



IN TEMPTATION. 

Jesus, to thee I now can fly, 
On whom my help is laid : 

Oppress'd by sins I lift my eye, 
And see the shadows fade. 

Believing on my Lord, I find 

A sure and present aid: 
On thee alone my constant mind 

Is every moment stay'd. 

Whate'er in me seems wise, or good, 
Or strong, I here disclaim: 

I wash my garments in tlie blood 
Of the atoning Lamb. 



GOODNESS AND MERCY. 199 

Jesus, my Strength, my Life, my Rest, 

On thee will I depend. 
Till summon'd to the marriage-feast, 

When faith in sio-ht shall end. 



GOODNESS AND MERCY. 

Psalm 103 : 13. Psalm 5 : 12. Matt. 10 : 30. John 3:16. 

Good thou art, and good thou dost; 

Thy mercies reach to all. 
Chiefly those who on thee trust, 

And for thy mercy call : 
New they every morning are; 

As fathers when their children cry, 
Us thou dost in pity spare, 

And all our wants supply. 

Mercy o'er thy works presides; 

Thy providence disj)lay'd 
Still preserves, and still provides 

For all thy hands have made; 
Keeps, with most distinguish'd care. 

The man who on thy love depends ; 
Watches every numoer'd hair. 

And all his steps attends. 

Who can sound the depths imknown 

Of thy redeeming grace ? 
Grace, that gave thine only Son 

To save a ruin'd race ! 



zoo CONVERSE WITH GOD. 

Millions of transgressors poor 

Thou hast for Jesu's sake forgiven ; 

Made them of thy favour sure, 
And snatch'd from hell to heaven. 

Millions more thou ready art 

To save, and to forgive ! 
Every soul and every heart 

Of man thou would'st receive : 
Father, now accept of mine, 

Which now, through Christ, I offer tho ; 
Tell me now, in love divine. 

That thou hast pardon'd me! 



CONVERSE WITH GOD. 

Luke 24 : 32. Psalm 27 : 8. 

Talk with us. Lord, thyself reveal, 
While here o'er earth we rove ; 

Speak to our hearts, and let us feel 
The kindling of thy love. 

With thee conversing, we forget 
All time, and toil, and care; 

Labor is rest, and pain is sweet. 
If thou, my God, art here. 

Here then, my God, vouchsafe to stay. 

And bid my heart rejoice; 
My bounding heart shall own thy sway, 

And echo to thy voice. 



JUSTICE AND MERCY. 201 

Thou callest me to seek thy face ; 

'Tis all I wish to seek; 
To attend the whispers of thy grace, 

And hear thee inly speak. 

Let this my every horn' employ, 

Till I thy glory see ; 
Enter into my Master's joy, 

And find my heaven in thee. 



JUSTICE AND MERCY. 

Psalm 90 : 2. Psalm 145 : 9. Psalm 62 : 12. Neh. 9 : 17. 
Eph. I : 7. 

Glorious God, accept a heart 

That pants to sing thy praise: 
Thou without beginning art. 

And without end of days ; 
Thou a Spirit invisible. 

Dost to none thy fulness show; 
None thy Majesty can tell, 

Or all thy Godhead know. 

All thine attributes we own. 

Thy wisdom, power, and might: 
Happy in thyself alone. 

In goodness infinite, 
Thou thy goodness hast displayed. 

On thine every work imprest, 
Lov'st whate'er thy hands have made * 

But man thou lov'st the best. 



202 CHRIST ALL IN ALL. 

Willing thou that all should know 

Thy saving truth, and live, 
Dost to each, or bliss or woe, 

With strictest justice give : 
Thou with j)erfect righteousness 

Kenderest every man his due ; 
Faithful in thy promises, 

And in thy threat'nings too. 

Thou art merciful to all 

Who truly turn to thee ! 
Hear me then for pardon call. 

And show thy grace to me 
Me, through mercy reconciled, 

Me, for Jesu's sake forgiven. 
Me, receive, thy favour'd child, 

To sing thy praise in heaven. 



CHRIST ALL IN ALL. 

Acts 4 : 12. Col. 3 : 2. 

Thou hidden Source of calm repose, 
Thou all-sufficient Love Divine, 

My help and refuge from my foes, 
Secure I am, if thou art mine : 

And lo ! from sin, and grief, and shame, 

I hide me, Jesus, in thy Name. 

Thy mighty Name salvation is, 
And keeps my happy soul above ; 

Comfort it brings, and power, and peace. 
And joy, and everlasting love ; 



MERCY AND PARDON. 203 

To me, with tliy dear N'ame, are given, 
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 

Jesus, my all in all thou art; 

My rest in toil ; my ease in pain 
The med'cine of my broken heart; 

In war, my peace ; in loss, my gain ; 
My smile beneath the tyrant's frown ; 
In shame, my glory and my crown: 

In want, my plentiful supply; 

In weakness, my almighty power; 
In bonds, my perfect liberty; 

My light in Satan's darkest hour ; 
In grief, my joy unspeakable; 
My life in death; my heaven in hell. 



MERCY AND PARDON. 

2 Saml. 7 : 8. Ezek. 16:6. Acts 4 : 12. 

What am I, thou glorious God! 

And what my father's house to thee, 
That thou such mercies hast bestow'd 

On me, the vilest reptile, me! 
I take the blessing from above, 
And wonder at thy boundless love. 

Me in my blood thy love pass'd by, 
And stopp'd, my ruin to retrieve ; 
Wept o'er my soul thy pitying eye ; 
, Thy bowels yearn'd, and sounded, "Live!" 



J04 PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. 

Dying, I heard the welcome sound, 
And pardon in thy mercy found. 

Honour, and might, and thanks, and praise, 
I render to my pardoning God; 

Extol the riches of thy grace, 

And spread thy saving name abroad; 

That only name to sinners given, 

Wliicli lifts poor dying worms to heaven. 

Jesus, I bless thy gracious power, 

And all within me shouts thy Name: 

Thy ISTame let every soul adore. 

Thy power let every tongue proclaim; 

Thy grace let every sinner know. 

And find with me their heaven below. 



PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. 

Acts 4:12. I Tim. I : 15 5, 2 : 6. 

Let earth and heaven agree. 
Angels and men be join'd, 

To celebrate with me 
The Saviour of mankind ; 

To adore the all-atoning Lamb, 

And bless the sound of Jesu's Name. 

Jesus, transporting sound ! 

The joy of earth and heaven; 
No other help is found. 

No other name is given. 



PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. 205 

By wMcli we can salvation have ; 
But Jesus came the world to save. 

Jesus, harmonious ]!^ame ! 

It charms the hosts above ; 
They evermore proclaim 

And wonder at his love ; 
'Tis all their happiness to gaze: 
'Tis heaven to see our Jesu's face. 

His name the sinner hears, 

And is from sin set free ; 
'Tis music in his ears, 

'Tis life and victory : 
New songs do now his lips employ, 
And dances his glad heart for joy. 

Stung by the scorpion sin. 

My poor expiring soul 
The balmy sound drinks in, 

And is at once made whole : 
See there my Lord upon the tree ! 
I hear, I feel, he died for me. 

O unexampled love! 

O all-redeeming grace! 
How swiftly didst thou move 

To save a fallen race ! 
What shall I do to make it known, 
What thou for all mankind hast done? 

O for a trumpet-voice. 
On all the world to call ! 



2o6 FREE GRACE. 

To bid their hearts rejoice 
In him who died for all ! 
For all my Lord was crucified ; 
For all, for all my Saviom* died! 



FREE GRACE. 

Eph. 1:7. I Tim. 3:16. i Peter i : 12. Acts la : 6, 7, 
2 Tim. 4 : 8. 

And can it be that I should gain 
An interest in the Saviour's blood ? 

Died he for me, who caused his pain ? 
For me, who him to death pursued ? 

Amazing love! how can it be, 

That thou, my God, should'st die for me ! 

'Tis mystery all ! The immortal dies ! 

Who can explore his strange design ! 
In vain the first-born Seraph tries 

To sound the depths of Love Divine ! 
'Tis mercy all; let earth adore, 
Let angel-minds inquire no more. 

He left his Father's throne above ; 

(So free, so infinite his grace!) 
Emptied himself of all but love, 

And bled for Adam's helpless race : 
'Tis mercy all, immense and free, 
For, O my God, it found out mc! 

Long my imprison'd spirit lay 

Fast bound in sin and nature's night ; 



A THANKSGIVING. 207 

Thine eye diffused a quick'ning ray; 

I woke ; the dungeon flamed with hght ; 
My chains fell off, my heart was free, 
I rose, went forth, and follow'd thee. 

No condemnation now I dread ; 

Jesus, and all in him, is mine ! 
Alive in him, my living Head, 

And clothed in righteousness divine, 
Bold I approach the eternal throne. 
And claim the crown, through Christ my own. 



A THANKSGIVING. 
I. 

Exod. 14 : 13. Isaiah 43 : 2. 

My Father, my God, I long for thy love; 
O shed it abroad ; Send Christ from above ! 
My heart, ever fainting, He only can cheer ; 
And all things are wanting. Till Jesus is here. 

O when shall my tongue Be fill'd with thy praise ! 
While all the day long I publish thy grace, 
Thy honor and glory To sinners forth show, 
Till sinners adore thee, And own thou art true. 

Thy strength and thy power I now can proclaim, 
Preserved every hour Through Jesus's Name ; 
For thou art still by me, And boldest my hand ; 
No ill can come nigh me. By faith while I stand. 

15 



2o8 A THANKSGIVING. 

My God is my guide: Thy mercies abound: 
On every side They compass me round : 
Thou sav'st me from sickness, From sin dost re- 
trieve, 
And strengthen'st my weakness, And bidd'st me 
believe. 

Thou boldest my soul in spiritual life, 
My foes dost control. And quiet their strife ; 
Thou rulest my 23assion, My pride and self-will; 
To see thy salvation. Thou bidd'st me "stand still!" 

I stand, and admire Thine out-stretched arm ; 
I walk through the fire. And suffer no harm ; 
Assaulted by evil, I scorn to submit ; 
The world and the devil Fall under my feet. 

I wrestle not now. But trample on sin, 
For with me art thou. And shalt be within; 
While stronger and stronger In Jesus's power, 
I go on to conquer. Till sin is no more. 



II. 

Heb. 4 : i6. Zech. 4 : 10. Rom. 5 : ao. Matt. 21 : i6. 

O God of my salvation, hear. 
And help a sinner to draw near 

With boldness to the throne of Grace : 
Help me thy benefits to sing, 
And smile to see me feebly bring 

My humble sacrifice of praise. 



A THANKSGIVING. 209 

I cannot praise thee as I would ; 
But thou art merciful and good; 

I know tliou never wilt despise 
The day of small and feeble things, 
But bear me, till on eagles' wings 

To all the heio-hts of love I rise. 

o 

I thank thee for that gracious taste, 
(Which pride would not permit to last,) 

That touch of love, that pledge of heaven. 
Surely on me my Father smiled 
And once I knew him reconciled. 

And once I felt my sins forgiven. 

My Lord and God I then could see. 
My Saviour, who hath died for me. 

To bring the rebel near to God ; 
Thou didst, thou didst, thy peace impart ; 
Pardon was written on my heart. 

In largest characters of blood. 

Vilest of all the sons of men. 
When I to folly turn'd again. 

And sinn'd against thy light and love, 
Grace did much more than sin abound; 
Amazed, I still forgiveness found, 

And thank'd my Advocate above. 

Saviour, for this I thank thee now ; 
My Saviour to the utmost, thou 

Hast snatch'd me from the gates of hell ; 
That I to all mankind may prove 
Thy free, thine everlasting love. 

Which all mankind with me mav feel. 



210 A THANKSGIVING. 

The boundless love that found out inc, 
For every soul of man is free ; 

None of thy mercy need desjDair ; 
Patient, and pitiful, and kind, 
Thee every soul of man may find. 

And, freely saved, thy grace declare. 

A vile, backsliding sinner, I 

Ten thousand deaths deserve to die ; 

Yet still by sovereign grace I live ! 
Saviour, to thee I still look up ; 
I see an open door of hope ; 

And wait thy fulness to receive. 

How shall I thank thee for the grace, 
The trust I have to see thy face, 

When sin shall all be purged aw^ay ! 
The night of doubts and fears is past ; 
The Morning-Star appears at last. 

And I shall see the perfect day. 

I soon shall hear thy quick'ning voice, 
Shall always pray, give thanks, rejoice " 

(This is thy will and faithful word ;) 
My spirit meek, my will resign' d; 
Lowly as thine shall be my mind ; 

The servant shall be as his Lord. 

Already, Lord, I feel thy j^owcr; 
Preserved from evil every hour. 

My great Preserver I proclaim : 
Safety and strength in thee I have, 
I find, I find thee strong to save, 

And know that Jesus is thy name. 



THE YEAR OF JUBILEE. 211 

Bj faith I every moment stand, 
Strangely nplield by thy right hand ; 

I my own wickedness eschew ; 
A smner, I am kept from sin ; 
And thou shalt make me pure Avithin, 

And thou shalt form my soul anew. 

Come, then, and loose my stamm'ring tongue, 
Teach me the new, the joyful song 

And perfect in a babe thy praise: 
I want a thousand lives to employ 
In publishing tlie sounds of joy. 

The gospel of thy general grace. 

Come, Lord, thy Spirit bids thee come; 
Give me thyself, and take me home ; 

Be now the glorious earnest given ! 
The counsel of thy grace fulfil ; 
Thy kingdom come, thy perfect will 

Be done on earth, as 'tis in heaven. 



THE YEAR OF JUBILEE. 

Lev. 15 : 9, 13. Isaiah 61 : 1-4. 

Blow ye the trumpet, blow 
The gladly solemn sound ; 

Let all the nations know. 
To earth's remotest bound, 

The year of jubilee is come ; 

Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 



212 THE YEAR OF JUBILEE. 

Jesus, our great High Priest, 
Hath full atonenient made ; 

Ye weary sjDirits, rest ; 

Ye mournful souls, be glad ; 

The year of jubilee is come ; 

Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

Extol the Lamb of God 
The all-atoning Lamb ; 

Redemption through his blood 
Throughout the world proclaim : 

The year of jubilee is come ; 

Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

Ye slaves of sin and hell. 

Your liberty receive ; 
And safe in Jesus dwell. 

And blest in Jesus live : 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

Ye who have sold for nauofht 

Your heritage above. 
Receive it back unbought 

The gift of Jesu's love : 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, homo. 

The gospel trumpet hear. 

The news of heavenly grace ; 

And, saved from earth, appear 
Before your Saviour's face : 

The year of jubilee is come ; 

Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 



CHRIST'S EVERLASTING LOVE. 2 1 



CHRIST'S EVERLASTING LOVE. 



Gloeious Saviour of my soul, 

I lift it up to thee ; 
Thou liast made the sinner whole, 

Hast set the captive free ! 
Thou my debt of death hast paid ; 

Thou hast raised me from my flill 
Thou hast full atonement made: 

My Saviour died for all. 

What could my Redeemer move 

To leave his Father's breast? 
Pity drew him ft-om above, 

And would not let him rest ; 
Swift to succour sinkuig man, 

Sinking into endless woe, 
Jesus to onr rescue ran, 

And God appear'd below. 

God, in this dark vale of tears 

A man of griefs was seen: 
Here for three and thirty years 

He dwelt with sinful men. 
Did they know the Deity ? 

Did they own him, who he was ? 
See the Friend of Sinners, see! 

He hangs on yonder cross! 

Yet thy wrath I cannot fear, 
Thou gentle, bleedmg Lamb ! 



214 CHRIST'S EVERLASTING LOVE. 

By thy judgment I am clear ; 

Heal'd by tliy stripes I am; 
Thou for me a curse wast made, 

That I might in thee be blest ; 
Thou hast my full ransom paid, 

And in thy wounds I rest. 



PART VII. 



B. 



atreb '^oetrg. 



PART THE SEVENTH. 

THE PRO:\II$E OF SANXTIFICATIOX. 

Ezek. 36 : 25-30. 

God of all Power, and Truth, and Grace, 
"Whicli shall from age to age endure : 

AVhose ATord, when heaven and earth shall pa^ 
Remains and stands for ever sure : 

Calmly to thee my soul looks up, 
And waits thy promises to prove, 

The object of my steadfast hope, 
The seal of thine eternal love. 

That I thy mercy may proclaim, 

That all mankind thy truth may see, 

Hallow thy great and glorious Xame, 
And perfect holiness in me. 

Chose from the world if now I stand, 

Adorn'd in righteousness divine, 
If, brougM into the promis"d land, 
• I justly call the Saviour mine ; 



2l8 THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFICATJON. 

Perform the work thou hast begun, 
My inmost soul to thee convert : 

Love me, for ever love thine own, 

And sprinkle with thy blood my heart. 

Thy sanctifying Spirit pour. 

To quench my thirst and wash me clean ; 
'Now, Father, let the gracious shower 

Descend and make me pure from sin. 

Purge me from every sinful blot, 

My idols all be cast aside; 
Cleanse me from every evil thought ; 

From all the filth of self and pride. 

Give me a new, a perfect heart. 

From doubt, and fear, and sorrow free; 

The mind which was in Christ impart. 
And let my spirit cleave to thee. 

O take this heart of stone away ! 

(Thy rule it doth not, cannot own ;) 
In me no longer let it stay ; 

O take away this heart of stone ! 

The hatred of my carnal mind 
Out of my flesh at once remove ; 

Give me a tender heart, resign'd. 

And pure, and fill'd with faith and love. 

"Within me thy good Spirit place ; 

Spirit of health, and love, and power ; 
Plant in me thy victorious grace, 

And sin shall never enter more. 



THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFICATION. 2 19 

Cause me to walk in Christ my Way, 

And I thy statutes shall fulfil ; 
In every point thy law obey, 

And perfectly perform thy will. 

Hast Thou not said, who canst not lie, 
That I thy law shall keep and do? 

Lord, I believe, though men deny; 
They all are false, but thou art true. 

O that I now, from sin releas'd. 

Thy word might to the utmost prove ! 

Enter into the promis'd rest, 
The Canaan of thy perfect love. 

There let me ever, ever dwell : 

Be thou my God, and I will be 
Thy servant ; O set to thy seal ! 

Give me eternal life in thee. 

From all remaining filth within, 

Let me in thee salvation have ; 
From actual, and from inbred sin, 

My ransom' d soul persist to save. 

Wash out my old original stain ; 

Tell me no more, It cannot be — 
Demons or men ! The Lamb was slain, 

His blood was all pour'd out for me! 

Sprinkle it, Jesus, on my heart ; 

One drop of thy all-cleansing blood 
Shall make tny sinfulness depart, 

And fill me with the life of God. 



220 THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFICATION. 

Father, supply my every need; 

Sustain the life thyself hast given ; 
Call for the corn, the living bread, 

The manna that comes down from heaven. 

The gracious fruits of righteousness. 
Thy blessing's unexhausted store, 

In me abundantly increase ; 
'Nor let me ever hunger more. 

Let me no more in deep complaint, 
" My leanness, O my leanness," cry, 

Alone consum'd with pining want, 
Of all my Father's children, I ! 

The painful thirst, the fond desire. 
Thy joyous presence shall remove ; 

While my full soul doth still require 
The whole eternity of love. 

Holy, and true, and righteous Lord, 
I w^ant to prove thy perfect will ; 

Be mindful of thy gracious Word, 
And stamp me with thy Spirit's seal. 

Thy faithful mercy let me find, 

Li which thou causest me to trust; 

Give me thy meek and lowly mind. 
And lay my spirit in the dust. 

Show me how foul my heart hath been, 
When all renew'd by grace I am ; 

When thou hast emptied me of sin. 
Shew me the fulness of my shame. 



THE GOD OF JESHURUN. 221 

Open my faith's interior eye, 

Display thy glory from above ; 
And all I am shall sink and die, 

Lost in astonishment and love. 

Confound, o'erpower me, with thy grace ; 

I would be by myself abhorr'd; 
(All might, all majesty, all praise, 

x411 glory be to Christ my Lord !) 

Xow let me gain perfection's height ! 

N"ow let me into nothing fall ! 
Be less than nothing in thy sight, 

And feel that Christ is all in all. 



"THE GOD OF JESHURUN." 

Deut. 33 : 26-29. 

NoxE is like Jeshurun's God, 
So great, so strong, so high : 

Lo! he spreads his wmgs abroad, 
He rides upon the sky : 

Israel is his first-born son : 
God, the Almighty God, is thine; 

See him to thy help come down, 
The excellence divine. 

Thee the great Jehovah deigns 
To succour and defend ; 

Thee the eternal God sustains. 
Thy Maker and thy Friend: 



222 THE GOD OF JESHURUN. 

Israel, what hast thou to dread ? 
Safe from all hnpending harms, 

Round thee and beneath are spread 
The everlasting arms. 

God is thine; disdain to fear 

The enemy within: 
God shall in thy flesh appear, 

And make an end of sin : 
God the man of sin shall slay, 
Fill th,ee with triumphant joy ; 

God shall thrust him out, and say : 

" Destroy them all, destroy !" 

All the struggle then is o'er. 
And wars and fighting cease ; 

Israel then shall sin no more, 
But dwell in perfect peace : 

All his enemies are gone ; 
Sin shall have in him no part ; 

Israel now shall dwell alone. 
With Jesus in his heart. 

In a land of corn and wine 
His lot shall be below ; 

Comforts there, and blessings join. 
And milk and honey flow : 

Jacob's well is in his soul ; 
Gracious dew his heavens distil. 

Fill his soul, already full. 
And shall forever fill. 



Blest, O Israel, art thou ; 
What people is like thee 



THE CHRISTIAN'S REST. 223 

Saved from sin, by Jesus, now 
' Thou art, and still shalt be: 
Jesus is thy seven-fold shield; 
Jesus is thy flaming sword ; 

Earth, and hell, and sin, shall yield 
To God's almighty word. 



THE CHRISTIAN'S REST. 

Heb. 4 : i-ii. 

LoED, I believe a rest remains, 

To all thy people known ; 
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, 

And thou art loved alone : 

A rest where all our soul's desire 

Is fix'd on things above ; 
Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, 

Cast out by perfect love. 

that I now the rest might know 
Believe, and enter in ! 

N'ow, Saviour, now the power bestow. 
And let me cease from sin! 

Remove this hardness from my heart. 

This unbelief remove : 
To me the rest of faith impart. 

The sabbath of thy love. 

1 would be thine, thou know'st I would. 
And have thee all my own ; 

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224 HOLINESS DESIRED. 

Thee — O my all-sufficient Good! 
I want — and thee alone. 

Thy Name to me, thy nature grant ! 

This, only this, be given : 
N"othing besides my God I want; 

Nothing in earth or heaven. 

Come, O my Saviour, come away ! 

Into my soul descend! 
No longer from thy creature stay, 

My Author and my End ! 

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
And seal me thine abode! 

Let all I am in thee be lost ; 
Let all be lost in God! 



HOLINESS DESIRED. 

2 Cor. 13 : 9. Heb. 8 : 8, 10, 12. John 17 : 3. Ezek. 16 : 62, 63. 

O God, most merciful and true ! 

Thy nature to my soul impart ; 
'Stablish with me the cov'nant new. 

And write perfection on my heart. 

To real holiness restored, 

O let me gain my Saviour's mind! 

And, in the knowledge of my Lord, 
Fulness of life eternal find. 



PRAYER FOR SANCTIFICATION. 225 

Remember, Lord, my sins no more, 
That them I may no more forget; 

But sunk in guiltless shame adore. 
With speechless wonder, at thy feet. 

O'erwhelmed with thy stupendous grace, 
I shall not in thy presence more ; 

But breathe unutterable praise, 

And rapturous awe, and silent love. 

Then every murmuring thought and vain 
Expires, in sweet confusion lost; 

I cannot of my cross complain ; 
I cannot of my goodness boast. 

Pardon'd for all that I have done, 
My mouth as in the dust I hide ; 

And glory give to God alone. 
My God for ever pacified ! 



PRAYER FOR SANCTIFICATION. 

Psalm 130 : 8. Jer. 4 : 14. 

Fathee, I dare believe 

Thee merciful and true: 
Thou wilt my guilty soul forgive, 

My fallen soul renew; 

Come, then, for Jesu's sake. 

And bid my heart be clean; 
An end of all my troubles make. 

An end of all my sin. 



226 ZION'S PROSPERITY. 

I will, through grace, I will, 

I do, return to thee; 
Take, empty it, O Lord, and fill 

My heart with purity! 

For power, I feebly pray: 

Thy kingdom now restore. 
To-day, while it is call'd to-day ; 

And I shall sin no more. 

I cannot wash my heart. 
But by believing thee. 

And waiting for thy blood to impart 
The spotless purity : 
While at thy cross I lie, 
Jesus, thy grace bestow ; 

Now thy all-cleansing blood apply, 
And I am w^hite as snow. 



ZION'S PROSPERITY. 

Isaiah 35. Rev. 21 : 4. 

Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord, 
Ever faithful to thy word, 
Humbly we our seal set to. 
Testify that thou art true. 
Lo ! for us the wilds are glad. 
All in cheerful green array'd; 
Opening sweets they all disclose, 
Bud and blossom as the rose. 

Hark ! the wastes have found a voice ; 
Lonely deserts now rejoice. 



ZION'S PROSPERITY. 22/ 

Gladsome hallelujahs sing, 

All around with praises ring. 

Lo ! abundantly they bloom; 

Lebanon is hither come ; 

Carmel's stores the heavens dispense, 

Sharon's fertile excellence. 

See, these barren souls of ours 
Bloom, and put forth fruits and flowers ; 
Flowers of Eden, fruits of grace. 
Peace and joy and righteousness. 
We behold (the abjects, we !) 
Christ, the incarnate Deity ; 
Christ, in whom thy glories shine, 
Excellence of strength divine. 

Ye that tremble at his froAvn, 
He shall lift your hands cast down; 
Christ, who all your weakness sees, 
He shall prop your feeble knees. 
Ye of fearful hearts, be strong ; 
Jesus will not tarry long ; 
Fear not lest his truth should fail: 
Jesus is unchangeable. 

God, your God, shall surely come, 
Quell your foes, and seal their doom ; 
He shall come and save you too : 
We, O Lord, have found thee true! 
Blind we were, but now we see ; 
Deaf, we hearken now to thee; 
Dumb, for thee our tongues employ : 
Lame, and, lo ! we leap for joy. 



228 ZION'S PROSPERITY. 

Faint we were, and parcli'd with drought, 
Water at thy word gush'd out : 
Streams of grace our thirst repress, 
Starting from the wilderness. 
Still we gasp thy grace to know; 
Here forever let it flow: 
Make the thirsty land a pool, 
Fix the Spirit in our soul. 

Where the ancient Dragon lay, 
Open for thyself a way ! 
There let holy tempers rise, 
All the fruits of Paradise. 
Lead us in the way of peace. 
In the path of righteousness, 
Never by the sinner trod. 
Till he feels the cleansing blood. 

There the simple cannot stray ; 
. Babes, though blind, may find the way; 
Find, nor ever thence depart; 
Safe in lowliness of heart. 
Far from fear, from danger far ; 
No devouring beast is there ; 
There the humble walk secure, 
God hath made their footsteps sure. 

Jesus, mighty to redeem. 
Let our lot be cast with them; 
Far from earth our souls remove, 
Ransom'd by thy dying love. 
Leave us not below to mourn ; 
Fain we would to thee return, ' 



THE NEW CREATION. 

Crown'd with righteousness, arise 
Far above these nether skies. 

Come, and all our sorrows chase, 
Wipe the tears from every face ; 
Gladness let ns now obtain, 
Partners of thine endless reign. 
Death, the latest foe, destroy ; 
Sorjrow then shall yield to joy ; 
Gloomy grief shall flee away 
Swallow'd up in endless day. 



229 



THE NEW CREATION. 

Col. 3 : 10. Heb. 8 : 10. 

The thing my God doth hate 

That I no more may do. 
Thy creature. Lord, again create. 

And all my soul renew : 
My soul shall then, like thine, 

Abhor the thing imclean. 
And, sanctified by love divine. 

For ever cease from sin. 

That blessed law of thine, 

Jesus, to me impart : 
The Spirit's law of life divine, 

O write it in my heart ! 
Implant it deep within, 

Whence it may ne'er remove ; 
The law of liberty from sin, 

The perfect law of love. 



230 PURITY OF HEART DESIRED. 

Thy nature be my law, 

Thy spotless sanctity, 
And sweetly every moment draw 

My happy soul to thee. 
Soul of my soul, remain ! 

Who didst for all fulfil, 
In me, O Lord, fulfil again 

Thy heavenly Father's will. 



PURITY OF HEART DESIRED. 

Psalm 51 : 10, Ezek. 36 : 26, 27. Rev. 2 : 17. Isaiah 57 : 19, 

O FOR a heart to praise my God, 

A heart from sin set free ! 
A heart that always feels thy blood 

So freely spilt for me! 

A heart resign'd, submissive, meek. 
My great Redeemer's throne ; 

Where only Christ is heard to speak, 
Where Jesus reigns alone: 

A humble, lowly, contrite heart, 

Believing, true, and clean; 
Which neither life nor death can part 

From him that dwells within: 

A heart in every thought renew'd. 

And full of love divine ; 
Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, 

A copy, Lord, of thine ! 



CHRIST OUR SANCTIFICATION 23 1 

Thy tender heart is still the same, 

And melts at human woe : 
Jesus, for thee distress'd I am, 

I want thy love to know. 

My heart, thou know'st, can never rest 

Till thou create my peace; 
Till, of my Eden re-possest, 

From every sin I cease. 

Fruit of thy gracious lips, on me 

Bestow that peace unknown. 
The hidden manna and the tree 

Of life, and the white stone. 

Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart ; 

Come quickly from above ; 
Write thy new name upon my heart, 

Thy new, best name of love. 



CHRIST OUR SANCTIFICATION. 

Phil. 3 : 10. Rom. 6 : 4, 6. Col. 2 : 11, 13. 

Jesus, my life ! thyself apply, 
Thy Holy Spirit breathe ; 

My vile affections crucify. 
Conform me to thy death. 

Conqu'ror of hell, and earth, and sin, 

• Still with thy rebel strive ; 
Enter my soul, and work within. 
And kill, and make alive ! 



232 THE PURE IN HEART. 

More of thy life, and more, I have, 
As the old Adam dies : 

Bury me, Saviom', in thy grave. 
That I with thee may rise. 

Reign in me. Lord, thy foes control. 
Who would not own thy sway; 

Diffuse thine image through my soul, 
Shine to the perfect day. 

Scatter the last remains of sin. 
And seal me thine abode : 

O make me glorious all within, 
A temple built by God ! 



THE PURE IN HEART. 

Matt. 5 : 8. 

Blessed are the pure in heart, 
Prepared their God to see ; 

Jesus, to my soul impart 
The spotless purity : 

Let thy grace my soul o'erflow. 
And all my sinfulness remove : 

Thus the essential bliss bestow, 
The purity of love. 

Let thy Spirit to me explain 
The -mystery unknown. 

Cleansed from every sinful stain, 
To love my God alone : 



REJOICING IN HOPE. 233 

Give me, Lord, the grace to feel, 
The length, and breadth, and depth, and height ; 
Then thy glorious self reveal. 
And turn my faith to sight. 



"REJOICING IN HOPE." 
I. 

Lam. 3 : 26. Rom. 12 : 12. Rom. 6 : 22. i John i : 9. Col. 
I : 27. 2 Tim. 2 : 12. Rom. 13 : 11. Matt. 5 : 8. 

Ye ransom'd sinners, hear 
The prisoners of the Lord, 

And wait till Christ appear, 
According to his word: 

Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me. 

We shall from all om- sins be free. 

In God we put om- trust: 

If we our sins confess. 
Faithful he is, and just. 

From all unrighteousness 
To cleanse us all, both you and me ; 
We shall from all our sins be free. 

Surely in us the hope 

Of glory shall appear ; 
Sinners, your heads lift up, 

And see redemption near. 
Again I say, rejoice with me. 
We shall from all our sins be free. 



234 REJOICING IN HOPE. 

Who Jesu's sufferings share, 
My fellow-prisoners now, 

Ye soon the wreath shall wear 
On your triumphant hrow : 

Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me, 

We shall from all our sins be free. 

The word of God is sure. 
And never can remove ; 

We shall in heart be pure, 
And perfected in love : 

Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me. 

We shall from all our sins be free 

Then let us gladly bring 
Our sacrifice of praise ; 

Let us give thanks, and sing, 
And glory in his grace : 

Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me. 

We shall from all our sins be free. 



II. 

John 8 : 36. Eph. 3 : 18, 19. 

I k:n'Ow that my Redeemer lives. 
And ever prays for me ; 

A token of his love he gives, 
A pledge of liberty. 

I find him lifting up my head, 
He brinsjs salvation near : 



REJOICING IN HOPE. 235 

His presence makes me free indeed, 
And he will soon appear. 

He wills that I should holy be ; 

What can withstand his will ? 
The counsel of his grace in me 

He surely shall fulfil. 

Jesus, I hang upon thy word ; 

I steadfastly believe 
Thou wilt return and claim me, Lord, 

And to thyself receive. 

Joyful in hope, my spirit soars 

To meet thee from above, 
Thy goodness thankfully adores ; 

And sure I taste thy love. 

Thy love I soon expect to find. 

In all its depth and height ; 
To comprehend the Eternal Mind, 

And grasp the Infinite. 

When Christ doth in my heart appear 

And love erects its throne, 
I then enjoy salvation here, 

And heaven on earth begun. 

When God is mine, and I am his, 

Of paradise possest, 
I taste unutterable bliss. 

And everlasting rest. 

The bliss of those that fully dwell, 
Fully in thee believe. 



23*5 HYMN TO GOD THE SANCTIFIER. 

'Tis more than angel-tongues can tell, 
Or angel-minds conceive. 

Thou only know'st who didst obtain, 
And die to make it known : 

The great salvation now explain, 
And perfect us in one. 

May I, may all who humbly wait, 
The glorious joy receive ; 

Joy above all conception great, 
Worthy of God to give. 

Lord, I believe, and rest secure 

In confidence divine ; 
Thy promise stands for ever sure, 

And all thou art is mine. 



HYMN TO GOD THE SANCTIFIER. 

Rom. 8 : i6. Gal. 2 : 20. Psalm 36 : 9. 2 Cor. 3 : ] 

Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire ! 
Come, and my hallow'd heart inspire. 

Sprinkled with the atoning blood : 
ISTow to my soul thyself reveal ; 
Thy mighty working let me feel. 

And know that I am born of God. 

Thy witness with my spirit bear. 
That God, my God, inhabits there, 
Thou, with the Father, and the Son, 



HYMN TO GOD THE SANCTIFIER. 23; 

Eternal light's coeval beam — 
Be Christ in me, and I in him, 
Till perfect we are made in one. 

When "wilt thou my whole heart subdue ? 
Come, Lord, and form my soul anew, 

Emptied of pride, and wrath, and hell; 
Less than the least of all thy store 
Of mercies, I myself abhor : 

All, all my vileness may I feel. 

Humble, and teachable, and mild, 

may I, as a little child, 

My lowly Master's steps pursue ! 
Be anger to my soul unknown ; 
Hate, envy, jealousy, be gone ; 

In love create thou all things new. 

Let earth no more my heart divide ; 
With Christ may I be crucified, 

To thee with my whole soul aspire ; 
Dead to the world and all its toys, 
Its idle pomp, and fading joys. 

Be thou alone my one desire ! 

Be thou my joy, be thou my dread ; 
In battle cover thou my head : 

ISTor earth, nor hell I then shall fear ; 

1 then shall turn my steady face — 
Want, pain defy — enjoy disgrace — 

Glory in dissolution near 

My will be swallow'd up in thee ; 

Light in thy light still may I see, 

Beholding thee with open face ; 



•'3^ HYMN TO THE HOLY GHOST. 

Call'd the full power of faith to prove. 
Let all my hallow'd heart be love, 
And all my spotless life be praise. 

Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire ! 
My consecrated heart inspire. 

Sprinkled with the atoning blood ; 
Still to my soul thyself reveal; 
Thy mighty working may I feel, 

And know that I am one with God. 



HYMN TO THE HOLY GHOST. 

Eph. I : 13, 14. 

Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire, 
Come, and in me delight to rest ; 

Drawn by the lure of strong desire, 
O come and consecrate my breast ! 

The temple of my soul prepare. 

And fix thy sacred presence there ! 

If now thy influence I feel. 
If now in thee begin to live. 

Still to my heart thyself reveal ; 
Give me thyself, for ever give : 

A point my good, a drop my store, 

Eager I ask, I pant for more. 

Eager for thee I ask and pant ; 

So strong the principle divine. 
Carries me out with sweet constraint, 

Till all my hallow'd soul is thine ; 



A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS. 239 

Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea, 
And lost in thine immensity. 

My peace, my life, my comfort thou, 
My treasm-e, and my all thou art ! 

True witness of my sonshijo, now 
Engra^dng pardon on my heart, 

Seal of my sins in Chi'ist forgiven, 

Earnest of love, and pledge of heaven. 



Come, then, my God, mark out thine heir ; 

Of heaven a larg-er earnest oive ! 
Yv'ith clearer light thy witness bear ; 

More sensibly within me live ; 
Let all my powers thine entrance feel, 
And deeper stamp thyself the seal! 



A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS. 

I John a : 5. Ezek. 36 : 26. Psalm 16 : 5. 

Ever fainting with desire. 

For thee, O Christ, I call ; 
Thee I restlessly require ; 

I want my God, my All ! 
Jesus, dear redeeming Lord, 

I wait thy coming from above : 
Help me. Saviour, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 

Wilt thou suffer me to go 
Lamenting all my days ? 
17 



240 A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS. 

Shall I never, never know 

Thy sanctifying grace ? 
Wilt thou not the light aiford, 

The darkness from my soul remove ? 
Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 

Lord, if I on thee believe. 

The second gift impart ! 
With the indwelling Spirit give 

A new, a contrite heart : 
If with love thy heart is stored, 

If now o'er me thy bowels move, 
Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 

Let me gain my calling's hope ; 

O make the sinner clean! 
Dry corruption's fountain up, 

Cut oif the entail of sin : 
Take me into thee, my Lord, 

And I shall then no longer rove : 
Help me. Saviour, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 

Thou, my Life, my Treasure be. 

My portion here below ; 
Nothing would I seek but thee,. 

Thee only would I know. 
My exceeding great Reward, 

My Heaven on earth, my Heaven above 1 
Help me. Saviour, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 



LOVE THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. 24I 

Grant me now the bliss to feel 

Of those that are in thee ; 
Son of God, thyself reveal, 

Engrare thy name on me ; 
As in heaven be here adored. 

And let me novv^ the promise j^i'ove ; 
Help me, Savionr, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 



LOVE THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. 

Gen. 2 : 7. Lev. 26 : 13. Gen. 17 : i. Col. 3 : 10. 

Fathee, see this living clod, 
This spark of heavenly fire; 

See my sonl, the breath of God, 
Doth after God aspire : 

Let it still to heaA'en ascend, 
Till I my principle rejoin. 

Blended with my glorious end. 
And lost in love divine. 

Lord, if thou from me hast broke 

The power of outward sin, 
Burst this Babylonish yoke. 
And make me free within: 
Bid my inbred sin depart. 
And I thy utmost word shall ^^rove. 
Upright both in life and heart, 
And perfected in love. 

God of all-sufficient grace. 
My God in Christ thou art ; 



242 . THE END OF CHRIST'S COMING. 

Bid me walk before thy face, 
Till I am pure in heart; 

Till, transform'd by faith divine, 
I gain that perfect love unknown, 

Bright in all thine image shine, 
By putting on thy Son. 

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

In council join again 
To restore thine image, lost 

By frail, apostate man: 
O might I thy form express. 
Through faith begotten from above, 
Stamp'd with real holiness. 

And fill'd with perfect love. 



THE END OF CHRIST'S COMING. 

Titus 2 : 14, 

What is our calling's glorious hope, 

But inward holiness? 
For this to Jesus I look up, 

I calmly wait for this. 

I wait till he shall touch me clean. 
Shall life and power impart. 

Give me the faith that casts out sin, 
And purifies the heart. 

This is the dear redeeming grace, 
For every sinner free ; 



WAIT ON THE LORD. 243 

Surely it shall on me take place, 
The chief of sinners me. 

From all iniquity, from all, 

He shall my soul redeem ! 
In Jesus I believe, and shall 

Believe myself to him. 

When Jesus makes my heart his home, 

My sin shall all depart ; 
And, lo ! he saith, " I quickly come, 

To fill and rule thy heart ! " 

Be it according to thy word. 

Redeem me from all sin : 
My heart would now receive thee. Lord ; 

Come in, my Lord, come in ! 



WAIT ON THE LORD. 

Psalm 39 : 13. Isa. 40 : 31. 

LoED, I believe thy every word, 
Thy every promise true ; 

And lo ! I wait on thee, my Lord, 
Till I my strength renew. 

If in this feeble flesh I may 
Awhile shoAV forth thy praise: 

Jesu, support the tottering clay, 
And lengthen out my days. 



244 WAIT ON THE LORD. 

If such a worm as I can spread 
The common Saviom^'s name ; 

Let him who raised thee from the dead 
Quicken my mortal frame 

Still let me live thy "blood to show, 
Which purges every stain ; 

And gladly linger out below 
A few more years in pain. 

Spare me, till I my strength of soul, 

Till I thy love retrieve; 
Till faith shall make my spirit whole, 

And perfect soundness give. 

Faith to be heal'd thou know'st I have, 
From sin to be made clean ; 

Able thou art from sin to save, 
From all indwelling sin. 

Surely thou canst, I do not doubt. 

Thou wilt thyself impart ; 
The bond-woman's base son cast out, 

And take up all my heart. 

I shall my ancient strength renew : 

The excellence divine 
(If thou art good, if thou art true) 

Throughout my soul shall shine. 

I shall, a weak and helpless worm, 
Through Jesus strengthening me. 

Impossibilities perform. 

And live from sinning free. 



PURE PvELIGION. 245 

For this in steadfast hope I wait ; 

ISTow, Lord, ray soul restore; 
Now the new heavens and earth create. 

And I shall sin no more. 



PURE RELIGION. 

Luke 6 : 36. John 4 : 10, 15. James i : 27. 

Jesus, the gift divine I know, 
The gift divine I ask of thee ; 

That living water now hestow — 
Thy Spirit and thyself on me ; 

Thou, Lord, of life the fountain art ; 

Now let me find thee in my heart. 

Thee let me drink, and thirst no more 
For drops of finite happiness; 

Spring up, O Well, in heavenly power, 
Li streams of pure, perennial peace, 

In joy, that none can take away, 

Li life, Avhich shall for ever stay. 

Father, on me the grace bestow, 
Unblamable before thy sight, 

Whence all the streams of mercy flow ; 
Mercy, thy own suj^reme delight. 

To me, for Jesu's sake, impart, 

And plant thy nature in my heart. 

Thy mind throughout my life be shown, 
While listenino' to the wretch's crv. 



246 DEVOUT ASPIRATION. 

The widow's and the orphan's groan, 

On mercy's wings I swiftly fly, 
The poor and helj^less to relieve, 
My life, my all, for them to give. 

Thus may I show the Spirit within, 
Which purges me from every stain ; 

Unspotted from the world and sin. 
My faith's integrity maintain ; 

The truth of my religion prove. 

By perfect purity and love. 



DEVOUT ASPIRATION. 

Psalm 39 : 7. John 19 : 34, 

What now is my object and aim ? 

What now is my hope and desire ? 
To follow the heavenly Lamb, 

And after his image aspire : 
My hope is all centred in thee 

I trust to recover thy love. 
On earth thy salvation to see, 

And then to enjoy it above. 

I thirst for a life-giving God, 

A God that on Calvary died; 
A fountain of water and blood, 

Which gush'd from Immanuel's side 
I gasp for the stream of thy love, 

The Spirit of rapture miknown : 
And then to re-drink it above. 

Eternally fresh from the throne. 



THE MIND OF CHRIST. 247 

THE MIND OF CHRIST. 

Phil. 2 : 5. 

Jesu, shall I never be 
Firmly grounded upon thee ? 
Xever by thy work abide, 
'Never in thy wounds reside ? 

O how wavering is my mind, 
Toss'd about with every wind ! 
O how quickly doth my heart 
From the living God de23art! 

Jesu, let my nature feel. 
Thou art God unchangeable : 
Jah, Jehovah, great I AM, 
Speak into my soul thy Name. 

Grant that every moment I 
May believe, and feel thee nigh ; 
Steadfastly behold thy face, 
'Stablish'd with abiding grace. 

Plant, and root, and fix in me 
All the mind that was in thee ; 
Settled peace I then shall find ; 
Jesu's is a quiet mind. 

Anger I no more shall feel. 
Always even, always still. 
Meekly on my God reclined ; 
Jesu's is a gentlG mind. 



Z^S THE MIND OF CHRIST. 

I shall suffer and fulfil 
All my Father's gracious will; 
Be in all alike resign'd ; 
Jesu's is a patient mind. 

When 'tis deeply rooted here, 
Perfect love shall cast out fear; 
Fear doth servile spirits bind ; 
Jesu's is a 7ioUe mind. 

When I feel it fix'd vrithin, 
I shall have no power to sin ; 
How shall sin an entrance find! 
Jesu's is a spotless mind. 

I shall nothing know beside 
Jesus, and him crucified ; 
Perfectly to him be join'd, 
Jesu's is a loving mind. 

I shall triumph evermore, 
Gratefully my God adore — 
God so good, so true, so kind : 
Jesu's is a tlianlifal mind. 

Lowly, loving, meek, and pure, 
I shall to the end endure ; 
Be no more to sin inclined ; 
Jesu's is a -constant mind. 

I shall fully be restored 
To the image of my Lord ; 
Witnessing to all mankind, 
Jesu's is a perfect mind. 



CHRIST OUR PHYSICIAX . AND PURIFIER. 249 

CHRIST OUR PHYSICIAN AND PURIFIER. 

Psalm 147 : 3. Titus 2 : 14. 2 Cor. 5:15. 

Savioue from siu, I wait to prove 
That Jesus is thy healing name ; 
To lose, when perfected in love, 

Whate'er I have, or can, or am: 
I stay me on thy fliithful word, 
" The servant shall be as his Lord." 

Answer that gracious end in me. 

For which thy precious life was given ; 

Redeem from all iniquity ; 

Restore, and make me meet for heaven. 

Unless thou purge my every stain. 

Thy suffering and my faith are vain. 

Didst thou not in the flesh appear. 
Sin to condemn, and man to save ? 

That perfect love might cast out fear? 
That I thy mind in me might have ? 

In holiness shovr forth thy praise, 

And serve thee all my spotless days ? 

Didst thou not die that I might live 
Xo longer to myself but thee ? 

Might body, soul, and spirit, give 
To him who gave himself to me ? 

Come then, my Master, and my God, 

Take the dear purchase of thy blood. 

Thy own peculiar servant claim. 

For thy own truth and mercy's sake ; 



THE INNER LIFE. 



Hallow in me thy glorious name; 

Me for thine own this moment take, 
And change and throughly purify ; 
Thine only may I live and die. 



THE INNER LIFE. 

Kings 19 : 11, 12. Lam. 3 : 26. i Cor. 2:7. 2 Cor. 10 : 5. 

Chkist, my hidden Life, appear; 

Soul of my inmost soul ! 
Light of life, the mourner cheer, 

And make the sinner whole ! 
ISTow in me thyself display ; 
Surely thou in all things art; 
I from all things turn away 

To seek thee in my heart! 

Open, Lord, my inward ear. 

And bid my heart rejoice; 
Bid my quiet spirit hear 

Thy comfortable voice ; 
ISTever in the whirlwind found. 
Or where earthquakes rock the place, 
Still and silent is the sound. 

The whisper of thy grace. 

From the world of sin, and noise. 

And hurry, I withdraw; 
For the small and inward voice 

I wait with humble awe ; 



THE INNER LIFE. 25 1 

Silent am I now and still, 
Dare not in thy presence move ; 
To my waiting soul reveal 
The secret of thy love. 

Thou didst undertake for me, 
For me to death wast sold 
Wisdom in a mystery 

Of bleeding love unfold : 
Teach the lesson of thy cross, 
Let me die with thee to reign; 
All things let me count but loss. 
So I may thee regain. 

Show me, as my soul can bear, ' 

The depth of inbred sin ; 
All the unbelief declare. 

The pride that lurks within : 
Take me, whom thyself hast bouglit ; 
Bring into captivity 

Every high aspiring thought, 

That would not stoop to thee. 

Lord, my time is in thy hand. 

My soul to thee convert; 
Thou canst make me understand. 

Though I am slow of heart ; 
Thine in whom I live and move, 
Thine the work, the praise is thine ; 
Thou art "Wisdom, Power, and Love, 

And all thou art is mine. 



THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT. 
THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT. 

John 14 : 26. Luke 3:16. 

I TYAi^T the Spirit of power within, 
Of love, and of a liealthful mind; 

Of power, to conquer inbred sin ; 
Of love, to thee and all mankind ; 

Of health, that pain and death defies, 

Most vigorous when the body dies. 

When shall I hear the inward voice, 
Which only faithful souls can hear ? 

Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys 
Attend the promised Comforter; 

O come, and righteousness divine. 

And Christ, and all with Christ, are mine! 

that the Comforter w^ould come ! 
ISTor visit as a transient guest. 

But fix in me his constant home. 

And take possession of my breast, 
And fix in me his loved abode, 
The temple of indwelling God ! 

Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire! 

Attest that I am born again ; 
Come, and baptize me now with fire, 

ISTor let thy former gifts be vain: 

1 cannot rest in sins forgiven ; 
Where is the earnest of my heaven ? 

Where the indubitable seal 

That a-scertains the kino'dom mine ? 



HOPE OF SALVATION. 253 

The powerful stamp I long to feel, 

The signature of love divme ! 
O shed it in my lieart abroad, 
Fuhiess of love, of heaven, of God ! 



HOPE OF SALVATION. 

Psalm 17 15. Lev. 19:2. James i : 12. Deut. 3 : 2,70 
John 4 : 14. 

O JOYFUL sound of gospel grace! 

Christ shall in me appear ; 
I, even I, shall see his face; 

I shall be holy here. 

This heart shall be his constant home ; 
I hear his Spirit's cry: 
'■' Surely," he saith, "I quickly come," 
He saith, who cannot lie. 

The glorious crown of righteousness 

To me reach'd out I view : 
Conqu'ror through him, I soon shall seize, 

And w^ear it as my due. 

The promised land from Pisgah's top 

I now exult to see : 
My hope is full (O glorious hope !) 

Of immortality. 

He visits now the Iiouse of clay ; 
He shakes his future home : 



254 SUBMISSION TO CHRIST. 

wouldst thou, Lord, on this glad day, 
Into thy temple come ! 

With me, I know, I feel, thou art ; 

But this cannot suffice, 
Unless thou plantest in my heart 

A constant Paradise. 

My earth thou water'st from on high, 

But make it all a pool : 
Spring up, O Well, I ever cry. 

Spring up within my soul ! 

Come O my God, thyself reveal. 

Fill all this mighty void : 
Thou only canst my spirit fill: 

Come, O my God, my God ! 



SUBMISSION TO CHRIST. 

John 3 : 8. 

When, my Saviour, shall I be 
Perfectly resign'd to thee ? 
Poor and vile in my own eyes. 
Only in thy wisdom wise! 

Only thee content to know. 
Ignorant of all below ; 
Only guided by thy light ; 
Only mighty in thy might ! 



ENOCH'S FAITH. 25(5 

So I may thy spirit know, 
Let Mm as he listeth blov/ ; 
Let the mamier be unknown, 
So I may with thee be one. 

Fully in my life express 
All the heights of lioliness ; 
Sweetly let my spirit prove 
All the depths of humble love. 



ENOCH'S FAITH. 

2 Cor. 5 : 17. Heb. 11 : 5. 

O COME, and dwell in me. 

Spirit of power within ! 
And bring the glorious liberty 

From sorrow, fear, and sin. 

The seed of sin's disease. 

Spirit of health, remove, 
Spirit of iinish'd holiness, 

Spirit of perfect love. 

Hasten the joyful day. 

Which shall my sins consume, 
When old things shall be pass'd away, 

And all things new become. 

The original offence 

Out of my soul erase ; 
Enter thyself, and drive it hence, 

And take up all the place. 
]8 



^5*5 PRISONERS OF HOPE. 

I want the witness, Lord, 

That all I do is right. 
According to thy will and word, 

Well-pleasing in thy sight. 

I ask no higher state ; 

Indulge me hut in this. 
And soon or later then translate 

To my eternal bliss. 



PRISONERS OF HOPE. 

Mai. 3 : I. Gen. 32 : 26. Zech. 9: 12. i John i : 9. 

Pmso^s'EES of hope, lift up your heads ! 

The day of liberty draws near ; 
Jesus, wlio on the Serj^ent treads. 

Shall soon in your behalf appear : 
The Lord Avill to his temple come ; 
Prepare your hearts to make him room. 

Ye all shall find, whom in his word 
Himself hath caused to put your trust. 

The Father of our dying Lord 
Is ever to his promise just ; 

Faithful, if we our sins confess. 

To cleanse trom all unrighteousness. 

Yes, Lord, w^e must believe thee kind, 
Thou never canst unfaithful prove ; 

Surely we shall thy mercy find ; 

Who ask, shall all receive thy love ; 

Nor canst thou it to me deny ; 

I ask, the chief of sinners I ! 



PRISONERS OF HOPE. 257 

O ye of fearful hearts, be strong ! 

Your downcast eyes and hands lift up ! 
Ye shall not be forgotten long ; 

Hope to the end, in Jesus hope ! 
Tell him, ye wait his grace to prove, 
And cannot fail, if God is love ! 

Prisoners of hope, be strong, be bold ; 

Cast off your doubts, disdain to fear ! 
Dare to believe ; on Christ lay hold ! 

Wrestle with Christ in mighty prayer ; 
Tell him, " We will not let thee go, 
Till we thy name, thy nature know." 

Ilast thou not died to purge our sin. 
And risen, thy death for us to plead ? 

To write thy law of love within 

Our hearts, and make us free indeed? 

That we our Eden might regain. 

Thou diedst ; and couldst not die in vain. 

Lord, we believe, and wait the hour 
Which all thy great salvation brings ; 

The Spirit of love, and health, and povrer. 
Shall come, and make us priests and kings; 

Thou wilt perform thy foithful word. 

The servant shall be as his Lord." 

The promise stands for ever sure, 
And we shall in thine image shine, 

Partakers of a nature pure. 
Holy,, angelical, divine ; 

Li Spirit join'd to thee the Son, 

As thou art vrith thy Father one. 



258 THE PROMISED LAND. 

Faithful and true, we now receive 
The promise ratified by thee : 

To thee the lohen and how we leave, 
In time and in eternity ; 

We only hang upon thy word, 
" The servant shall be as his Lord." 



THE PROMISED LAND. 

Deut. 3 : 27, 28. 

GLOKious hope of perfect love ! 
It lifts me up to things above; 

It bears on eagles' wings ; 
It gives my ravish'd soul a taste, 
And makes me for some moments feast 
With Jesu's priests and kings. 

Rejoicing now in earnest hope, 

1 stand, and from the mountain-top 
See all the land below: 

Rivers of milk and honey rise. 
And all the fruits of Paradise 
In endless plenty grow. 

A land of corn, and wine, and oil, 
Favor'd with God's peculiar smile, 

With every blessing blest; 
There dwells the Lord our righteousness, 
And kee2:)S his own in perfect peace, 

And everlasting rest. 



ESTABLISHMENT IN GRACE. 259 

O that I might at once go up ! 
Xo more on this side Jordan stoj^, 

But now the land possess : 
This moment end my legal years ; 
Sorrows, and sins, and doubts, and fears, 

A howling wilderness. 

Xow, O my Joshua, bring me in! 
Cast out thy foes : the inbred sin. 

The carnal mind, remove ; 
^.he purchase of thy death divide! 
And O ! with all the sanctified 

Give me a lot of love ! 



ESTABLISHMENT IN GRACE. 

Scl. I : 7. Ezek. 34 : 15. 

Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine. 

The joy and desire of my heart ; 
For closer communion I pine, 

I long to reside where thou art : 
The pasture I languish to find. 

Where all, who their shepherd obey. 
Are fed, on thy bosom reclined. 

And screen'd from the heat of the day 

Ah! show me that happiest place. 
The place of thy people's abode, 

Where saints in an ecstasy gaze, 
And hano' on a crucified God: 



26o CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Thy love for a sinner declare, 

Thy passion, and death on the tree ; 

My spirit to Calvary bear. 

To suffer and triumph with thee. 

'Tis there, with the lambs • of thy flock, 

There only, I covet to rest. 
To lie at the foot of the rock. 

Or rise to be hid in thy breast : 
'Tis there I would always abide. 

And never a moment depart ; 
Conceal' d in the cleft of thy side, 

Eternally held in thy heart. 



CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Zech. 13 : i. John 13 : 8, 9. 

Foe ever here my rest shall be. 

Close to thy bleeding side ; 
This all my hope, and all my plea, 

For me the Saviour died. 

My dying Saviour, and my God, 

Fountain for guilt and sin, 
Sprinkle me ever with thy blood. 

And cleanse and keep me clean. 

Wash me, and make me thus thine own; 

Wash me, and mine thou art ; 
Wash me, but not my feet alone. 

My hands, my head, my heart. 



THE SPIRIT OF BURNING. 261 

The atonement of thy blood apply, 

Till faith to sight improve, 
Till hope in full fruition die, 

And all my soul be love. 



THE SPIRIT OF BURNING. 

I Kings 18 : 37, 39. 

Thou God that ans^yerest by fire, 
On thee in Jesu's name we call ; 

Fulfil our faithful hearts' desire, 
And let on us thy Spirit fall. 

Bound on the altar of thy cross, 
Our old offending nature lies ; 

Xow, for the honor of thy cause. 
Come, and consume the sacrifice ! 

Consume our lusts as rotten wood, 
Consume our stony hearts within ! 

Consume the dust, the serpent's food. 
And dry up all the streams of sin. 

Its body totally destroy I 

Thyself The Lord, TJie God, approve! 
And fill our hearts with holy joy. 

And fervent zeal, and perfect love. 

O that the fire from heaven might fall, 
Our. sins its ready victims find. 

Seize on our sins, and burn np all, 
N"or leave the least remains behind? 



262 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

Then shall our prostrate souls adore, 
The Lord^ He is the God^ confess : 

He is the God of saving power ! 
He is the God of hallowing grace ! 



THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.' 
I. 

Fathee, Son, and Spirit, hear 
Faith's effectual fervent prayer; 
Hear, and our petitions seal, i 

Let us now the answer feel ; 
Still our fellowship increase ; 
Knit us in the boijd of peace ; 
Join our new-born spirits, join 
Each to each, and all to thine. 

Build us in one body uj), 
Call'd in one high calling's hope : 
One the Spirit whom we claim ; 
One the pure baptismal flame ; 
One the faith, and common Lord ; 
One the Father lives adored, 
Over, through, and in us all 
God incomprehensible. 

One with God, the source of bliss, 
Ground of our communion this: 
Life of all that live below, 
Let thine emanations flow; 



THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 263 

Rise eternal in our heart : 
Thou our long-sought Eden art ; 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Be to us what Adam lost. 

Other ground can no man lay ; 
Jesus takes our sins aAvay ; 
Jesus the foundation is, 
This shall stand, and only this: 
Fitly framed in him we are. 
All the building rises fair; 
Let it to a temple rise. 
Worthy him who fills the skies 

Husband of the church below, 
Christ, if tbee our Lord we know, 
tJnto thee, betrothed in love. 
Always let us faithful prove ; 
N"ever rob thee of our heart, 
Never give the creature part : 
Only thou possess the whole; 
Take our body, spirit, soul. 

Steadfast let us cleave to thee ; 
Love, the mystic union be ; 
Union to the world unknown, 
Join'd to God in spirit one : 
Wait we till the Spouse shall come. 
Till the Lamb shall take us home. 
For his heaven the Bride prepare, 
Solemnize our nuptials there. 

Christ, our Head, gone up on higli, 
Be thou in thy Spirit nigh: 



264 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

Advocate with God, give ear 
To thine own effectual prayer! 
One the Father is with thee ; 
Knit ns in like unity; 
Make us, O uniting Son, 
One — as Thou and He are one. 

Still, O Lord, (for thine we are,) 
Still to us his name declare ; 
Thy revealing Spirit give. 
Whom the world cannot receive. 
Fill us with the Father's love ; 
Kever from our souls remove : 
Dwell in us, and we shall be 
Thine through all eternity. 

Christ, from whom all blessings flow, 
Perfecting the saints below. 
Hear us, who thy nature share. 
Who thy mystic body are. 
Join us, in one spirit join. 
Let us still receive of thine : 
Only thou possess the whole ; 
Take our body, spirit, soul. 

Closer knit to thee, our Head ; 
Nourish us, O Christ, and feed ; 
Let us daily growth receive. 
More and more in Jesus live. 
Jesus, we thy members are ; 
Cherish us with kindest care : 
Of thy flesh, and of thy bone, 
Love, for ever love thine own ! 



THE COMMUXIOX OF SAINTS. 265 

Move, and actuate, and guide : 
Divers gifts to eacli divide : 
Placed according to tliy will, 
Let us all our works fulfil; 
Xever from our ofiice move, 
Xeedful to each other prove ; 
Use the grace on each hestow'd, 
Temj^er'd by the art of God. 

Sweetly may we all agree, 
Touch'd with softest symj^atliy ; 
Kindly for each other care ; 
Every member feel its share : 
AVounded by the grief of one, 
Xow let all the members groan ; 
Honour' d if one member is. 
All partake the common bliss. 

Many are we now and one. 
We who Jesus have put on : 
There is neither bond nor free, 
Male nor female, Lord, in thee ! 
Love, like death, hath all destroyed, 
Render'd all distinctions Yoid ; 
Xames, and sects, and parties fall : 
Thou, O Christ, art all in all! 



II. 



Father of our dying Lord, 
Remember us for good ; 

O fulfil his faithful word. 

And hear his speaking blood ! 



266 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

Give us that for which he prays: 

Father, glorify thy Son ! 
Show his truth, and power, and grace, 

And send the Promise down. 

True and faithful Witness, thou, 

O Christ, thy Spirit give! 
Hast thou not received him now, 

That we might now receive ? 
Art thou not our living Head? 

Life to all thy limbs im|)art ; 
Shed thy love, thy Spirit shed 

In every waiting heart. 

Holy Ghost, the Comforter, 

The gift of Jesus, come; 
Glows our heart to find thee near. 

And swells to make thee room : 
Present with us thee we feel. 

Come, O come, and in us be ! 
With us, in us, live and dwell, 

To all eternity. 



III. 

Partners of a glorious hope. 
Lift your hearts and voices up : 
Jointly let us rise, and sing 
Christ our Prophet, Priest, and King: 
Monuments of Jesu's grace. 
Speak we by our lives his praise ; 
Walk in him we have received; 
Show we not in vain believed. 



THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 267 

While we walk with God in light, 
God our hearts doth still unite; 
Dearest fellowship we prove, 
Fellowship in Jesu's love : 
Sweetly each, with each combined. 
In the bonds of duty join'd. 
Feels the cleansing blood applied, 
Daily feels that Christ hath died. 

Still, O Lord, our faith increase ; 
Cleanse from all unrighteousness: 
Thee the unholy cannot see ; 
Make, O make us meet for thee ! 
Every vile affection kill ; 
Root out every seed of ill ; 
Utterly abolish sin ; 
"Write thy law of love within. 

Hence may all our actions flow ; 
Love the proof that Christ we know; 
Mutual love the token be. 
Lord, that we belong to thee : 
Love, thine image, love impart! 
Stamp it on our face and heart! 
Only love to us be given! 
Lord, we ask no other heaven. 



IV. 

In Jesus Christ together we 

In heavenly places sit ; 
Clothed with the sun, we smile to see 

The moon beneath our feet. 



268 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

Our life is hid with. Christ in God; 

Our Life shall soon appear, 
And shed his glory all abroad, 

In all his members here. 

The heavenly treasure now we have 
In a vile house of clay ; 

But he shall to the utmost save, 
And keep it to that day. 

Our souls are in his mighty hand, 
And he shall keep them still; 

And you and I shall surely stand 
With him on Sion's hill! 

Him eye to eye we there shall see ; 

Our face like his shall shine : 
O Avhat a glorious company. 

When saints and angels join ! 

O what a joyful meeting there ! 

In robes of white array'd. 
Palms in our hands we all shall bear, 

And crowns upon our head. 

Then let us lav/fully contend, 
And fight our passage through ; 

Bear in our faithful minds the end. 
And keep the prize in view. 

Then let us hasten to the day. 
When all shall be brought home ; 

Come, O Kedeemer, come aAvay, 
O Jesus, quickly come ! 



THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 269 



V. 

Tey us, O God, and search the ground 

Of every sinful heart : 
Whate'er of sin in us is found, 

O bid it all depart! 

When to the right or left ^VG stray, 

Leave us not comfortless; 
But guide our feet into the way 

Of everlasting peace. 

Help us to help each other. Lord, 

Each other's cross to bear; 
Let each his friendly aid afford. 

And feel his brother's care. 

Help us to build each other up, 

Our little stock improve ; 
Increase our faith, conhrm our hope. 

And perfect us in love. 

L^p into thee, our living E[ead, 

Let us in all things grow. 
Till thou hast made us free indeed, 

And spotless here below. 

Then, when the mighty work is wrought, 

Receive thy ready bride : 
Give us in heaven a happy lot 

With all the sanctified. 



270 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 



VI. 



All thanks to the Lamb, Who gives us to meet : 
His love we proclaim, His praises repeat : 
We own him om- Jesus, Continually near 
To pardon and bless us. And perfect us here. 

In him we have j)eace, In him we have power. 
Preserved by his grace Throughout the dark hour ; 
In all our temptation He keeps us to prove 
His utmost salvation, His fulness of love. 

Through pride and desire Unhurt we have gone ; 
Through water and fire In him we went on; 
The world and the devil Through him we o'ercame, 
Our Jesus from evil, For ever the same. 

When Ave would have spurn'd His mercy and grac(>., 
To Egypt return'd, And fled from his face, 
He hinder'd our flying, (His goodness to show,) 
And stopped us by crying, " Will ye also go ?" 

O what shall we do Our Saviour to love ? 
To make us anew. Come, Lord, from above ! 
The fruit of thy passion. Thy holiness, give : 
Give us the salvation Of all that believe. 

Come, Jesus, and loose The stammerer's tongue, 
And teach even us The spiritual song : 
Let us without ceasing Give thanks for thy grace, 
And glory, and blessing, And honour, and grace, 



THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 27 1 

Pronounce the glad word, And bid us be free ; 
Ah! hast thou not, Lord, A blessmg for me? 
The peace thou hast given. This moment 'imparl, 
And oj^en thy heaven, O Love, in my heart, 



VII. 

See, Jesus, thy disciples see. 
The promised blessing give ! 

Met in thy name, we look to thee, 
Expecting to receive. 

Thee we expect, our faithful Lord, 
Who in thy name are join'd; 

We wait, according to thy word, 
Thee in the midst to find. 

With us thou art assembled here ; 

But, O, thyself reveal ! 
Son of the living God, appear ! 

Let us thy presence feel. 

Breathe on us. Lord, in this our day, 
And these dry bones shall live ; 

Speak peace into our hearts, and say, 
" The Holy Ghost receive !" 

Whom now we seek, O may we meet ! 

Jesus, the Crucified, 
Show us thy bleedmg hands and feet, 
. Thou who for us hast died. 
19 



2/2 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

Cause US the recotd to receive : 
Speak, and the tokens show : 
'' O be not faithless, but believe 
In me, who died for you!" 



VIII. 

Come, let us ascend. My comj)anion and friend, 

To a taste of the banquet above ; 
If thy heart be as mine. If for Jesus it pine, 

Come up into the chariot of love. 

Who in Jesus confide, We are bold to outride 

The storms of affliction beneath ; 
With the prophet we soar To the heavenly shore. 

And outfly all the arrows of death. 

By faith we are come To our permanent home : 

By hope we the rapture improve : 
By love we still rise, And look down on the skies. 

For the heaven of heavens is love. 

Who on earth can conceive How happy we live. 
In the palace of God, the great King? 

What a concert of praise. When our Jesus's grace 
The whole heavenly company sing ! 

What a rapturous song. When the glorified throng 

In the spirit of harmony join : 
Join all the glad choirs. Hearts, voices, and lyres, 

And the burden is, " Mercy divine !" 



THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 273 

Hallelujah, they cry, To the King of the sky. 

To the great everlasting I AM ; 
To the Lamb that was slain, And liveth again. 

Hallelujah to God and the Lamb! 

The Lamb on the throne, Lo ! he dwells with his 
own, 
And to rivers of pleasure he leads ! 
With his mercy's full blaze. With the sight of his 
face. 
Our beatified spirits he feeds. 

Our foreheads proclaim His ineffable name ; 

Our bodies his glory display : 
A day without night We feast in his sight, 

And eternity seems as a day ! 



IX. 



Lift up your hearts to things above. 

Ye followers of the Lamb, 
And join with us to praise his love. 

And glorify his name : 
To Jesu's ISTame give thanks and sing, 

Whose mercies never end : 
Rejoice ! rejoice ! the Lord is King ; 

The King is now our Friend ! 

We, for his sake, count all things loss ; 

On- earthly good look down ; 
And joyfully sustain the cross, 

Till we receive the crown. 



274 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

O let US stir each other up, 

Our faith by works to approve, 

By holy, purifying hope, 

And the sweet task of love ! 

Love us, though far in flesh disjoin'cl, 

Ye lovers of the Lamb; 
And ever bear us on your mind. 

Who think and speak the same: 
You on our minds we ever bear, 

Whoe'er to Jesus bow; 
Stretch out the arms of faith and prayer, 

And lo ! we reach you now. 

The blessings all on you be shed. 

Which God in Christ imparts 
We pray the Spirit of our Head 

Into your faithful hearts. 
Mercy and peace your portion be, 

To carnal minds unknown, 
The hidden manna, and the tree 

Of life, and the white stone. 

Let all who for the promise wait. 

The Holy Ghost receive ; 
And, raised to our unsinning state, 

With God in Eden live ! 
Live till the Lord in glory come, 

And wait his heaven to share : 
He now is fitting up your home : 

Go on ; — we'll meet you there. 



THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 275 



Forgive ns, for thy mercy's sake, 
Our multitude of sins forgive ! 

And for thy own possession take, 
And bid us to thy glory live ; 

Live in thy sight, and gladly prove 

Our faith, by our obedient love. 

The cov'nant of forgiveness seal. 
And all thy mighty Avonders show! 

Our inbred enemies expel; 

And conquering them to conquer go. 

Till all of pride and wrath be slain. 

And not one evil thought remain ! 

O put it in our inward parts, 
The living law of perfect love ; 

Write the new precept in our hearts: 
We shall not then from thee remove. 

Who in thy glorious image shine, 

Thy people, and for ever thine. 



XL 

Jesus is our common Lord, 
He our loving Saviour is : 

By his death to life restored, 
Misery we exchange for bliss. 



2/6 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

Bliss to carnal minds unknown 
O 'tis more than tongue can tell ! 
- Only to believers shown: 

Glorious and unspeakable. 

Christ, our Brother and our Friend, 

Shows us his eternal love ; 
I^ever shall our triumj)lis end, 

Till we take our seats above. 
Let us walk with him in white, 

For our bridal day prepare ; 
For our partnership in light. 

For our glorious meeting there. 



PART VIII. 



SarKb |p0etrg* 



PART THE EIGHTH. 

THE CHURCH MILITANT. 

Psalm a : 12. Psalm 103 : 19. Heb. 1:8. i John 2:1. i Peter 

4:1. I Tim. 6 : 12. Matt. 11 : 12. John 16 :.33. 

I John 5:4. 

Jesus, the Conqueror, reigns, 

In glorious strength array'd, 
His kingdom ov^er all maintains, 

And bids the earth he glad. 
Ye sons of men, rejoice 

In Jesu's mighty love; 
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, 

To him who rules above. 

Extol his kingly power; 

Kiss the exalted Son, 
Who died, and lives, to die no more, 

High on his Father's throne : 
Our Advocate with God, 

He undertakes our cause, 
. And spreads through all the earth abroad 

The victory of his cross. 



28o THE CHURCH MILITANT*. 

That bloody banner see, 

And, in your Captain's sight. 
Fight the good fight of faith with me, 

My fellow-soldiers, fight ! 
In mighty phalanx join'd, 

To battle all proceed ; 
Arm'd with the unconquerable mind 

Which was in Christ your Head. 

Urge on your rapid course. 
Ye blood-besprinkled bands ; 

The heavenly kingdom sufiers force ; 
'Tis seized by violent hands : 

See there the starry crown 

That glitters through the skies! 

Satan, the world, and sin, tread down, 
And take the glorious prize ! 

Through much distress and pain, 
Through many a conflict here, 
Through blood, ye must the entrance gain 
Yet, O disdain to fear! 
" Courage !" your Captain cries. 
Who all your toil foreknew : 
" Toil ye shall have ; yet all despise, 
I have o'ercome for you." 

The world cannot withstand 

Its ancient Conqueror ; 
The world must smk beneath the hand 

Which arms us for the war: 
This is our victory ! 

Before our faith they fall ; 
Jesus hath died for you and me; 

Believe, and conquer all. 



ZEALOUS LOVE. 28] 

ZEALOUS LOVE. 

I Chron. 28 : 9. 2 Cor. 10 : 5, Phil. 2 : 5. 

Equip me for the war, 

And teach my hands to fight ; 
My simple, upright heart prepare. 

And guide my words aright; 
Control my every thought ; 

My Avhole of sin remove; 
Let all my works in thee be wrouglit, 

Let all be wrought in love. 

O arm me with the mind, 

Meek Lamb ! which was in thee ; 
And let my knowing zeal be join'd 

With perfect charity: 
With calm and temper' d zeal 

Let me enforce thy call ; 
And vindicate thy gracious will. 

Which offers life to all. 

O do not let me trust 

In any arm but thine ! 
Humble, O himible to the dust, 

This stubborn soul of mine ! 
A feeble thing of naught. 

With lowly shame I own. 
The help which upon earth is wrouglit. 

Thou dost it all alone. 

O may I love like thee! 
In all thy footsteps tread ! 



282 THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD. 

Thou hatest all iniquity, 

But nothing thou hast made. 

O may I learn the art, 

With meekness to reprove ; 

To hate the sin with all my heart, 
But still the sinner love. 



'*THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD." 

Eph. 6 : 11-18. I Thess 5 : 17. Rom. 8 : 26, Rom. 13 : la. 

Soldiers of Christ, arise, 

And put your armour on, 
Strong in the strength which God supplies 

Through his eternal Son: 
Strong in the Lord of Hosts, 

And in his mighty power. 
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts. 

Is more than conqueror. 

Stand then in his great might, 

With all his strength endued; 
But take, to arm you for the fight, 

The panoply of God : 
That having all things done. 

And all your conflicts pass'd, 
Ye may overcome, through Christ alone, 

And stand entire at last. 

Stand then against your foes. 

In close and firm array : 
Legions of wily fiends oppose 

Throughout the evil day : 



THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD. 283 

But meet the sons of niglit, 

But mock their vam design, 
xVrm'd. in the arms of heavenly light, 

Of righteousness divine. 

Leave no unguarded place, 

No weakness of the soul ; 
Take every virtue, every grace, 

And fortify the whole : 
Indissolubly join'd, 

To battle all proceed; 
But arm yourselves with all the mind 

That was in Christ your Head. 

But, above all, lay hold 

On faith's victorious shield ; 
Aim'd with that adamant and gold, 

Be sure to win the field : 
If faith surround your heart, 

Satan shall be subdued; 
Repell'd his every fiery dart, 

And quench'd with Jesu's blood. 

Jesus hath died for you! 

What can his love withstand? 
Believe, hold fast your shield, and wlio 

Shall pluck you from his hand? 
Believe that Jesus reigns; 

All power to him is given : 
Believe, till free from sin's remains; 

Believe yourselves to heaven ! 

To keep your armour bright, 
Attend with constant care, 



284 THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD. 

Still walking in jour Captain's sight, 
And watching unto prayer, 

Ready for all alarms, 
Steadfastly set your face. 

And always exercise your arms, 
And use your every grace. 

Pray, without ceasing pray; 

Your Captain gives the word; 
His summons cheerfully obey, 

And call upon the Lord: 
To God your every want 

In instant prayer display ; 
Pray always; pray, and never faint; 

Pray, without ceasing pray! 

In fellowship, alone. 

To God with faith draw near: 
Approach his courts, besiege his throne 

With all the powers of prayer : 
Go to his temple, go, 

Nor from his altar move ; 
Let every house his worship know, 

And every heart his love. 

To God your spirits dart ; 

Your souls in words declare ; 
Or groan, to him who reads the heart, 

The unutterable prayer: 
His mercy now implore. 

And now show forth his praise ; 
In shouts, or silent awe adore 

His miracles of grace. 



THE RESIGNATION. 285 

Pour out jour souls to God, 

And bow them with your knees ; 
And spread your heart and hands abroad, 

And pray for Sion's peace : 
Your guides and brethren bear 

For ever on your mind; 
Extend the arms of mighty prayer, 

In grasping all mankind. 

From strength to strength go on, 

Wrestle, and fight, and pray, 
Tread all the powers of darkness down. 

And win the well-fought day : 
Still let the Spirit cry 

In all his soldiers, " Come ;" 
Till Christ the Lord descend from high, 

And take the conquerors home. 



THE RESIGNATION. 

2 Cor. 10 : 3. 

Fo:n'dlt my foolish heart essays 

To augment the source of perfect bliss, 

Love's all-sufficient sea to raise 
With drops of creature-happiness. 

O Love, thy sovereign aid inpart. 

And guard the gift thyself hast given : 

My portion Thou, my treasure, art, 
And life, and happiness, and heaven. 



286 TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. 

Would aught on earth my wishes share, 
Though clear as life the idol be, 

The idol from my breast I'd tear. 
Resolved to seek my all in thee. 

Whate'er I fondly counted mine, 
To thee, my Lord, I here restore; 

Gladly I all for thee resign ; 

Give me thyself, I ask no more. 



TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. 

Psalm ii6 : 8. Isaiah 42 : 16. Psalm 119 : 32. 

God of my life, whose gracious power 
Through varied deaths my soul hath led ; 

Or turn'd aside the fatal hour. 
Or lifted up my sinking head; 

In all my ways thy hand I own, 

. Thy ruling Providence I see : 
Assist me still my course to run. 
And still direct my paths to thee. 

Oft hath the sea confess'd thy power, 
And given me back at thy command ; 

It could not, Lord, my life devour, 
Safe in the hollow of thine hand. 

Oft from the margin of the grave 
Thou, Lord, hast lifted up my head ; 

Sudden, I found thee near to save; 
The fever own'd tliy touch, and lied. 



THE VOYAGE OF LIFE. 287 

Whither, O whither should I fly, 
But to my loving Saviour's breast ? 

Secure within thine arms to lie, 

And safe beneath thy wings to rest. 

I have no skill the snare to shun, 

But thou, O Christ, my Wisdom art ; 

I ever into ruin run, 

But thou art greater than my heart. 

Foolish, and impotent, and blind, 
Lead me a way I have not known ; 

Bring me where I my heaven may find. 
The heaven of loving thee alone. 

Enlarge my heart to make tliee room; 

Enter, and in me ever stay ; 
The crooked then shall straight become ; 

The darkness shall be lost in day. 



THE VOYAGE OF LIFE. 

[saiah 43 : 1-3. Matt. 14 : 28, 29. Mark 4 : 39. Exodus 3: 3. 

Peace ! doubting heart ; my God's I am ! 

Who form'd me man, forbids my fear : 
The Lord hath call'd me by my name ; 

The Lord protects, for ever neaV. 
His blood for me did once atone, 
•And still he loves and guards his own. 
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THE VOYAGE OF LIFE. 

When passing through the watery deep, 
I ask in faith his promis'd aid, 

The waves an awful distance keep, 
And shrink from my devoted head. 

Fearless their violence I dare ; 

They cannot harm, for God is there ! 

To him mine eye of faith I turn. 

And through the fire pursue my way ; 

The fire forgets its power to burn. 
The lambent flames around me play. 

I own his power, accept the sign. 

And shout to prove the Saviour mine. 

Still nigh me, O my Saviour, stand ! 

And giwrd in fierce temptation's hour; 
Hide in the hollow of thy hand ; 

Show forth in me thy saving power. 
Still be thy arms my sure defence : 
]^or earth nor hell shall pluck me thence. 

Since thou hast bid me come to thee, 
(Good as thou art, and strong to save,) 

I'll walk o'er life's tempestuous sea. 
Upborne by the unyielding Vf^ave, 

Dauntless, though rocks of pride be near, 

And yawning whirlpools of despair. 

When darkness intercepts the skies, 
x4nd sorrow's waves around me roll, 

When high the storms of passion rise. 
And half o'erwhelm my sinking soul, 

My soul a sudden calm shall feel. 

And hear a whisj^er, " Peace ; be still !" 



SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION. 289 

Though in affliction's furnace tried, 

Unhurt on snares and death I'll tread ; 

Though sin assail, and hell, thrown wide, 
Pour all its flames upon my head; 

Like Moses' bush, I'll mount the higher. 

And flourish, unconsumed, in fire. 



SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION. 

Isaiah 42 : 3. John 11 : 43, 44. Psalm 36 : 9. 

My God, if I may call thee mine, 

From heaven and thee removed so far ; 

Draw nigh; thy pitying ear incline. 
And cast not out my languid prayer. 

Gently the weak thou lov'st to lead. 
Thou lov'st to prop the feeble knee ; 

O break not then a bruised reed, 
'Not quench the smoking flax in me. 

Buried in sin, thy voice I hear. 

And burst the barriers of my tomb, 

In all the marks of death appear — 

Forth at thy call, though bound, I come. 

Give me, O give me fully. Lord, 
Thy resurrection's power to know ; 

Free me indeed, repeat the word. 
And loose my bands, and let me go. 



290 THE REFUGE. 

Fain would I go to thee, my God, 
Thy mercies and my wants to tell; 

To feel my pardon seal'd in blood, 
Saviour, thy love I wait to feel. 

Freed from the power of cancell'd sin, 
When shall my soul triumphant prove! 

Why breaks not out the fire within 
In flames of joy, and praise, and love ? 

Jesus, to thee my soul aspires; 

Jesus, to thee I plight my vows ; 
Keep me from earthly, base desires. 

My God, my Saviour, and my Spouse. 

Fountain of all-sufficient bliss. 

Thou art the good I seek below ; 

Fulness of joy in thee there is, 
Without — 'tis misery all, and woe. 



THE REFUGE. 

Isaiah 32 : 2. 

To the haven of thy breast, 

O Son of Man, I fly ! 
Be my refuge and my rest. 

For O the storm is high ! 
Save me from the furious blast; 

A covert from the tempest be ! 
Hide me, Jesus, till o'erpast 

The storm of sin I see. 



THE REFUGE. 291 

Welcome as the water-spring 

To a dry, barren place, 
O descend on me, and bring 

Thy sweet refreshing grace. 
O'er a parch'd and weary land 

As a great rock extends its shade 
Hide me, Saviour, with thine hand, 

And screen my naked head. 

In the time of my distress 

Thou hast my succour been. 
In my utter helplessness 

Restraining me from sin ; 

how swiftly didst thou move 
To save me in the trying hour! 

Still protect me Avith thy love. 
And shield me with thy power. 

First and last in me perform 

The work thou hast begun; 
Be my shelter from the storm. 

My shadow from the sun: 
Weary, parch'd with thirst, and faint, 

Till thou the abiding Spirit breathe, 
Every moment, Lord, I want 

The merit of thy death. 

!N"ever shall I want it less. 

When thou the gift hast given, 

Fill'd me with thy righteousness, 
And seal'd the heir of heaven : 

1 shall hang upon my God, 
Till I thy perfect glory see ; 

Till the sprinkling of thy blood 
Shall speak me up to thee. 



292 AFTER DELIVERANCE FROM DANGER. 

AFTER DELIVERANCE FROM DANGER. 

John 3:3^. Isa. 50 : 2. Isa. 58 : 8. Ex, 14 : 22. 

WoESHiP, and thanks, and blessing, 

And strength ascribe to Jesus ! 
Jesus alone Defends his own, 

When earth and hell 0}3press us. 
Jesus with joy we witness 

Almighty to deliver ; 
Our seals set to, That God is true, 

And reigns a King for ever. 

Omnipotent Redeemer, 

Our ransom'd souls adore thee : 
Our Saviour thou. We find it now. 

And give thee all the glory. 
We sing thine arm unshorten'd, 

Brought through our sore temptation ; 
With heart and voice In thee rejoice, 

The God of our salvation. 

Thine arm hath safely brought us 

A way no more expected, 
Than when thy sheep Pass'd through the deep, 

By crystal walls protected. 
Thy glory was our rear-ward. 

Thine hand our lives did cover, 
And we, even we. Have pass'd the sea, 

And march' d triumphant over. 

The world's and Satan's malice 
Thou, Jesus, hast confounded ; 



IN AFFLICTION. 29: 

And, by thy grace, With songs of praise 

Our happy souls resounded. 
Accepting our deliv'rance, 

We triumph in thy favour, 
And for the love, Which now we prove, 

Shall praise thy name for ever. 



IN AFFLICTION. 

Heb. I : 3. Heb. la : 11. i Cor, 15 : 55. Matt. 11 : 28, 29. 

Eterxal Beam of light divine. 

Fountain of unexhausted love ; 
In whom the Father's glories shine, 

Through earth beneath, and heaven above. 

Jesus, the weary wand'rer's rest. 
Give me thy easy yoke to bear; 

With steadfast patience arm my breast. 
With spotless love and lowly fear. 

Thankful I take the cup from thee. 
Prepared and mingled by thy skill. 

Though bitter to the taste it be, 
Powerful the wounded soul to heal. 



Be thou, O Rock of ages, nigh ! 

So shall each murm'ring thought be gone 
And grief, and fear, and care, shall fly 

As clouds before the mid-day sun. 

Speak to my warring passions, "Peace," 
Say to my trembling heart, " Be still ;" 



294 FAITHFULNESS OF CHRIST. 

Thy power my strength and fortress is, 
For all things serve thy sovereign will. 

O death ! where is thy sting ? Where now 
Thy boasted victory, O grave? 

Who shall contend with God? or who 
Can hurt whom God delights to save? 



FAITHFULNESS OF CHRIST. 

Psalm 32 : 7, Heb. 13:8. Psalm 30 : 5. 

Cast on the fidelity 

Of my redeeming Lord, 
I shall his salvation see. 

According to his word: 
Credence to his word I give ; 

My Saviour in distresses past. 
Will not now his servant leave. 

But bring me through at last. 

Better than my boding fears 

To me thou oft hast proved; 
Oft observed my silent tears. 

And challenged thy beloved : 
Mercy to my rescue flew. 

And death ungrasp'd his fainting prey; 
Pain before thy face withdrew, 

And sorrow fled away. 

JSTow as yesterday the same, 
Li all my troubles nigh, 



IN SUFFERING. 295 

Jesus, on thy Word and Name 

I steadfastly rely ; 
Sure as now the grief I feel, 

The promised joy I soon shall have; 
Saved agaiu, to sinners tell 

Thy power and will to save. 

To thy blessed will resign'd. 

And stay'd on that alone, 
I thy perfect strength shall find, 

Thy faithful mercies own; 
Compass'd round with songs of praise, 

My all to my Redeemer give ; 
Spread thy miracles of grace. 

And to thy glory live. 



IN SUFFERING. 

Deut. 33 : 25. Job 23 : 10. Zech. 13:9. 

Father, in the Name I pray 

Of thy incarnate Love ; 
Humbly ask, that as my day 

My suffering strength may prove 
When my sorrows most increase, 

Let thy strongest joys be given : 
Jesus, come with my distress. 

And agony is heaven ! 

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
For good remember me ! 



:96 CHRIST OUR PATTERN. 

Me, whom thoii hast caused to trust 
For more than life on thee: 

With me in the fire remain, 

Till like burnish'd gold I shine, 

Meet, through consecrated pain. 
To see the Face Divine. 



CHRIST OUR PATTERN. 

I Pet. 2:21, 25. Tit. 2 : 14. Phil. 2 : 8. Luke 6 : 40. Rev. 2 

SaviouFu of all, what hast thou done. 
What hast thou suifer'd on the tree ? 

Why didst thou groan thy mortal groan, 
Obedient unto death for me ? 

The mystery of thy passion show, 

The end of all thy griefs below. 

Thy soul, for sin an offering made. 
Hath clear'd this guilty soul of mine ; 

Thou hast for me a ransom paid, 
To change my human to divine. 

To cleanse from all iniquity, 

And make the sinner all like thee. 

Pardon, and grace, and heaven, to buy. 
My bleeding Saceifice expired ; 

But didst thou not my Pattern die. 
That, by thy glorious Sj)irit fired. 

Faithful to death I might endure, 

And make the crown by suifering sure ? 



SYMPATHY OF CHRIST. 297 

Thou didst the meek example leave, 
That I might in thy footsteps tread; 

Might, like the Man of Sorrows, grieve, 
And groan, and bow, with thee my head ; 

Thy dying in my body bear, 

And all thy state of suffering share. 

Thy every suffering servant. Lord, 

Shall as his j^ei'fect Master be ; 
To all thy inward life restored. 

And outwardly conform'd to tliee. 
Out of thy grave the saint shall rise, 
And grasp, through death, the glorious prize. 

This is the strait and royal way 
That leads us to the courts above; 

Here let me ever, ever stay. 

Till, on the wrings of perfect love, 

I take my last triumphant flight 

From Calvary's to Sion's height. 



SYMPATHY OF CHRIST. 

Heb. 4:15. Heb. 2:18. Isa. 42 : 3, Mai. 4:2. i John 

My sufferings all to thee are known, 
Tempted in every point like me ; 

Regard my grief, regard thy own; 
Jesus, remember Calvary ! 

O call to mind thy earnest prayers. 
Thy agony, and sweat of blood. 



SYMPATHY OF CHRIST. 

Thy strong and bitter cries and tears, 
Thy mortal groan, "My God! my God!" 

For whom didst thou the cross endm-e? 

Who nail'd thy body to the tree ? 
Did not thy death my life procure ? 

let thy bowels answer me ! 

Art thou not touch'd with human woeV 
Hath pity left the Son of Man? 

Dost thou not all my sorrows know. 
And claim a share in all my pain ? 

Have I not heard, have I not known. 
That thou, the everlasting Lord, 

Whom heaven and earth their Maker own, 
Art always faithful to thy word? 

Thou wilt not break a bruised reed. 
Or quench the smallest spark of grace. 

Till through the soul thy power is spread. 
Thy all-victorious righteousness. 

The day of small and feeble things 

1 know thou never wilt despise; 
I know, with healing in his wings. 

The Sun of Kighteousness shall rise. 

With labour faint, thou wilt not fail. 
Or, wearied, give the sinner o'er. 

Till in this earth thy judgments dwell, 
And, born of God, I sin no more. 



THE TRIAL OF FAITH. 299 

THE TRIAL OF FAITH. 

Matt, 8:19. 1 John 2 : 16. 

Mastee, I own thy lawful claim, 
Thine, wholly thine, I long to be! 

Thou seest, at last, I willing am, 
Where'er thou go'st, to follow thee ; 

Myself in all things to deny ; 

Thine, wholly thine, to live and die. 

Whate'er my sinful flesh requires, . 

For thee I cheerfully forego; 
My covetous and vain desires. 

My hopes of happiness below ; 
My senses' and my passions' food, 
And all my thirst for creature-good. 

Pleasure, and wealth, and praise no more 
Shall lead my captive soul astray: 

My fond pursuits I all give o'er. 
Thee, only thee, resolved to obey; 

My own in all things to resign, 
. And know no other will but thine. 

All power is thine in earth and heaven; 

All fulness dwells in thee alone; 
"Whate'er I have was freely given ; 

Nothing but sin I call my own; 
Other propriety disclaim ; 
Thou only art the great I AM. 



Wherefore to thee I all resign ; 

Being thou art, and Love, and Power ; 



;oo GOD OUR PROTECTOR. 

Thy only will be clone, not mine! 

Thee, Lord, let heaven and earth adore 
Flow back the rivers to the sea, 
And let our all be lost in thee! 



GOD OUR PROTECTOR. 

Psalm 27 : 5. 

Thou, Lord, hast blest my going out; 

O bless my coming in ! 
Compass my weakness round about, 

And keep me safe from sin. 

Still hide me in thy secret place. 

Thy tabernacle spread; 
Shelter me with preserving grace. 

And screen my naked head. 

To thee for refuge may I run. 

From sin's alluring snare ; 
Ready its first ajoj^roach to shun, 

And watching unto prayer. 

P that I never, never more 
Might from thy ways depart! 

Here let me give my wanderings o'er, 
By giving thee my heart. 

Fix my new heart on things above. 
And then from earth release ; 

I ask not life, but let me love, 
And lay me down in peace. 



CHRIST OUR PRESERVER. 301 

CHRIST OUR PRESERVER, 

Psalm 66 : 12. 2 Cor. 12:9. 

Jesf, to thee our hearts we lift, 

(May all our hearts with love o'erflow 

With thanks for thy continued gift,) 
That still thy precious name we know, 

Retain our sense of sin forgiven. 

And wait for all our inward heaven. 

What mighty troubles hast thou shown 
Thy feeble, tempted followers here ! 

We have through fire and water gone, 
But saw thee on the floods appear. 

But felt thee present in the flame. 

And shouted our Deliverer's name. 

When stronger souls their faith forsook. 
And, lull'd in worldly, hellish peace, 

Leap'd desperate from their Guardian-rock, 
And headlong plung'd m sin's abyss ; 

Thy strength was in our weakness shown. 

And still it guards and keeps thine own. 

All are not lost, or wander'd back ; 

All have not left thy church and Thee : 
There are who sufier for thy sake. 

Enjoy thy glorious infamy. 
Esteem, the scandal of thy cross. 
And only seek divine applause. 



302 SUFFERING SAINTS. 

Thou who hast kept us to this hour, 
O keep us faithful to the end ! 

When, rohed with majesty and power, 
Our Jesus shall from heaven descend, 

Plis friends and confessors to own, 

And seat us on his glorious throne. 



SUFFERING SAINTS. 

2 Cor. 4:17. Rev. 7 : 9-14. 

Come on, my partners in distress, 
My comrades through the wilderness. 

Who still your bodies feel : 
Awhile forget your griefs and fears. 
And look beyond this vale of tears. 

To that celestial hill. 

Beyond the bounds of time and space, 
Look forward to that heavenly place. 

The saints' secure abode ; 
On faith's strong eagle-pinions rise. 
And force your passage to the skies, 

And scale the mount of God. 

Who suiFer with our Master here, 
We shall before his face appear, 

And by his side sit down: 
To patient faith the prize is sure, 
And all that to the end endure 

The cross, shall wear the crown. 



- SUFFERING SAINTS. 303 

Thrice blessed, bliss-inspiring hope ! 
It lifts the fainting spirits up, 

It brings to life the dead ; 
Our conflicts here shall soon be past, 
And you and I ascend at last, 

Triumphant with our Head. 

That great mysterious Deity 

We soon with open face shall see ; 

The beatific sight 
Shall fill the heavenly courts with praise, 
And wide difi*ase the golden blaze 

Of everlastino' lio-ht. 

The Father, shining on his throne, 
The glorious co-eternal Son, 

The Spirit, one and seven. 
Conspire our rapture to complete ; 
And lo! we fall before his feet, 

And silence heightens heaven. 

In hope of that ecstatic pause, 
Jesus, we now sustain the cross, 

And at thy footstool fall ; 
Till thou our hidden life reveal, 
Till thou our ravish' d spirits fill, 

And God be all in all. 



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PART IX 



SatHb ^n^trg. 



PART THE NINTH. 
THE END OF LIFE. 

Job 14 : 10. I Cor. 15 : 52. Matt. 25 : 34-41. Ezek. 33 : 
I John 4:19. 

AxD am I born to die? 

To lay this body down ? 
And must my trembling spirit fly 

Into a world unknown ? 
A land of deepest shade, 

Unpierced by human thought ; 
The dreary regions of the dead, 

Where all things are forgot. 

Soon as from earth I go, 

What will become of mo ? 
Eternal happiness or woe 

Must then my portion be: 
Waked by the trumpet's sound, 

I from my grave shall rise, 
And see the Judge with glory crown'd, 

And see the flamino- skies. 



3o8 THE END OF LIFE. 

IIow shall I leave my tomb ? 

With triumph or regret? 
A fearful, or a joyful doom, 

A curse or blessing meet? 
Will angel-bands convey 

Their brother to the bar ? 
Or devils drag my soul away, 

To meet its sentence there? 

Who can resolve the doubt. 

That tears my anxious breast ? 
Shall I be with the damn'd cast out, 

Or number'd with the blest? 
I must from God be driven. 

Or with my Saviour dwell; 
Must come at his command to heaven, 

Or else — depart to hell. 

O thou that wouldst not have 

One wretched sinner die ; 
Who diedst thyself, my soul to save 

From endless misery ! 
Show me the way to shun 

Thy dreadful wrath severe ; 
That Avhen thou comest on thy throne, 

I may with joy appear ! 

Thou art thyself the Way ; 

Thyself in me reveal : 
So shall I spend my life's short day, 

Obedient to thy will : 
So shall I love my God, 

Because he first loved me, 
And praise thee in thy bright abode, 

To all eternity. 



THE TRAVELLER. 309 

THE TRAVELLER. 

Heb. II : 13-16. Heb. 12 : i, 23. Isaiah 51 : 11. 

Leader of faithful souls, and Guide 

Of all that travel to the sky, 
Come, and Avith us, even us, abide, 

Who would on thee alone rely; 
On thee alone our spirits stay. 
While held in life's uneven way. 

Strangers and pilgrims here below. 

This earth, we know, is not our place, 
But hasten through the vale of woe, 

And, restless to behold thy face, 
Swift to our heavenly country move, 
Our everlasting home above. 

We have no 'biding city here. 

But seek a city out of sight ; 
Thither our steady course we steer, 

Aspiriug to the plains of light, 
Jerusalem, the saints'' abode, 
Whose foimder is the living God. 

Patient the appointed race to rim. 
This weary world we cast behmd ; 

From strensjth to streno-th we travel on. 
The Xew Jerusalem to find: 

Our labour this, our only aim, 

To find the Xew Jerusalem. 

Through thee, who all our sins hast borne, 
Freely and graciously forgiven, 



310 DEATH CONSIDERED. 

With songs to Sion we return, 

Contending for our native heaven ; 
That palace of our glorious King, 
We find it nearer while we sing. 

Even noAV we taste the pleasures there: 
A cloud of spicy odours come 

Soft wafted by the bahny air. 
Sweeter than Araby's perfumes ; 

From Sion's top the breezes blow, 

And cheer us in the vale below. 

Raised by the breath of Love Divine, 

We urge our way with strength renew' d ; 

The church of the first-born to join, 
We travel to the mount of God; 

With joy upon our heads arise. 

And meet our Captain in the skies. 



DEATH CONSIDERED. 

Heb. 9 : 27. 

Teeme]S"dous God, with humble fear, 
Prostrate before thy awful throne. 

The irrevocable word we hear. 

The sovereign righteousness we own. 

'Tis fit we should to dust return. 

Since such the will of the Most High ; 
In sin conceived, to trouble born. 
Born only to lament and die. 



PRE LIBATION OF HEAVEN. 31I 

Submissive to thy just decree, 

AYe all shall soon from earth remove ; 

But when thou sendest, Lord, for me, 
let the messenger be love ! 

\Yhisper thy love into my heart, 
AYarn me of my approaching end ; 

And then I joyfully depart, 

And then I to thy arms ascend. 



PRELIBATION OF HEAVEN. 

Eph. I : 7. Heb. 11:13; 13 : 14. Gal. 4 : 26, i Cor. 9 : 24. 
Colossians 3 : 3. Titus 2:13. 2 Cor. 4 : 7. 

How happy every child of grace. 

Who knows his sins forgiven ! 
This earth, he cries, is not my place, 

1 seek my place in heaven ; 
A country far from mortal sight ; — 

Yet, O ! by faith I see 
The land of rest, the saints' delight. 

The heaven prepared for me. 

A stranger in the world below, 

I calmly sojourn here; 
Nor can its happiness or woe 

Provoke my hope or fear: 
Its evils in a moment end. 

Its joys as soon are past; 
But, O! the bliss to which I tend 

Eternally shall last. 



312 PRELIBATION OF HEAVEN. 

To that Jerusalem above 

With singing I repair; 
While in the flesh, my hope and love, 

My heart and soul, are there : 
There my exalted Saviour stands, 

My merciful High-Priest, 
And still extends his wounded hands 

To take me to his breast. 

What is there here to court my stay. 

Or hold me back from home. 
While angels beckon me away, 

And Jesus bids me come? 
Shall I regret my parted friends. 

Still in the vale confined? 
Nay, but whene'er my soul ascends, 

They will not stay behind. 

The race we all are running now; 

And if I first attain. 
They too their willing head shall bow, 

They too the prize shall gain. 
Now on the brink of death we stand ; 

And if I pass before, 
They all shall soon escape to land. 

And hail me on the shore. 

Then let me suddenly remove. 

That hidden life to share ; 
I shall not lose my friends above, 

But more enjoy them there. 
There we in Jesu's praise shall join, 

His boundless love proclaim. 
And solemnize in songs divine 

The marriage of the Lamb. 



DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 313 

O what a blessed hope is ours! 

While here on earth we stay, 
We more than taste the heavenly powers, 

And antedate that day: 
We feel the resurrection near, 

Our life in Christ conceal'd, 
And with his glorious presence here 

Our earthen vessel's iill'd. 

O would He more of heaven bestow, 

And let the vessel break, 
And let our ransom' d spirits go 

To grasp the God we seek : 
In rapturous awe on Hun to gaze, 

Who bought the sight for me ; 
And shout, and wonder at his grace, 

Throuo'h all eternitv ! 



DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

I Cor. 15 : 57. Job 3 : 17, 18. 

Blessixg, honour, thanks, and praise, 

Pay we, gracious God, to thee : 
Thou, in thine abundant grace, 

Givest us the victory; 
True and faithful to thy word, 

Thou hast glorified thy Son, 
Jesus Christ, our dying Lord, 

He for us the fight hath won. 

Lo ! the prisoner is released, 
Lio'hten'd of his fleshlv load ; 



SH DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

Where the weary are at rest, 
He is gather' d into God ! 
^ Lo ! the pain of life is past, 

All his warfare now is o'er. 

Death and hell behind are cast. 
Grief and suffering are no more. 

Yes, the Christian's course is run, 

Ended is the glorious strife; 
Fought the fight, the work is done, 

Death is swallow'd up of life ! 
Borne by angels on their wings. 

Far from earth the spirit flies. 
Finds his God, and sits, and sings, 

Triumphing in Paradise. 

Join we then, with one accord. 

In the new, the joyful song: 
Absent from our lovina: Lord 

We shall not continue long : 
We shall quit the house of clay, 

We a better lot shall share: 
We shall see the realms of day. 

Meet our happy brother there. 

Let the world bewail their dead. 

Fondly of their loss complain; 
Brother, friend, by Jesus freed. 

Death to thee, to us, is gain : 
Thou art enter'd into joy: 

Let the unbelievers mourn; 
We in songs our lives employ, 

Till we all to God return. 



THE GLORY TO BE REVEALED. 3 15 

"THE GLORY TO BE REVEALED." 

1 Cor. 15 : 55. Rev. 2 : 10. Deut. 3 : 27. Rev. 7 : 9. 
Rom. 8:18. 

And let this feeble body fail, 

And let it droop and die ; 
My soul shall quit the mournful vale, 

And soar to worlds on high; 
Shall join the disembodied saints. 

And find its long-sought rest, 
(That only bliss for which it pants,) 

In my Redeemer's breast. 

In hope of that immortal crown, 

I now the cross sustain. 
And gladly wander up and down. 

And smile at toil and pain : 
I suffer out my three-score years. 

Till my Deliverer come. 
And wipe away his servant's tears. 

And take his exile home. 

Surely he will not long delay, 

I hear his Spirit cry : 
"Arise, my love, make haste away! 

Go, get thee up, and die. 
O'er death, who now has lost his sting, 

I give thee victory ; 
And with me my reward I bring, 

I bring my heaven for thee." * 

Lord, I the welcome word receive, 
Thee on the mount adore. 



3l6 THE GLORY TO BE REVEALED. 

For thy dear sake content to live 
Some painful moments more : 

I live in holy grief and joy, 
On Pisgah's top I stand, 

And life's important point employ, 
To view the promised land. 

what hath Jesus bought for me I 
Before my ravish' d eyes 

Rivers of life divine I see, 

And trees of paradise : 
They flourish in perpetual bloom. 

Fruit every month they give; 
And to the healing leaves who come. 

Eternally shall live. 

1 see a world of spirits bright. 
Who reap the pleasures there ; 

They all are robed in purest white. 
And conquering palms they bear: 

Adorn'd by their Redeemer's grace, 
They close pursue the Lamb ; 

And every shining front displays 
The unutterable name. 

They drink the vivifying stream. 

They pluck the ambrosial fruit,- 
And each records the praise of Him 

Who tuned his golden lute : 
At once they strike the harmonious Avire, 

And hymn the great Three-One : 
He hears ; he smiles ; and all the choir 

Fall down before his throne. 



THE DYING CHRISTIAN. 317 

O what are all my sufferings here, 

If, Lord, thou count me meet 
With that enraptured host to appear, 

And worship at thy feet ! 
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, 

Take life or friends away. 
But let me find them all again 

In that eternal day. 



THE DYING CHRISTIAN. 

Happy soul, thy days are ended, 
All thy mourning days below: 

Go, by angel guards attended. 
To the sight of Jesus, go ! 

Waiting to receive thy spirit, 
Lo! the Saviour stands above: 

Shows the purchase of his merit. 
Reaches out the crown of love. 

Struggle through thy latest passion 
To thy dear Redeemer's breast. 

To his uttermost salvation. 
To his everlasting rest. 

For the joy he sets before thee, 
Bear a momentary pain ; 

Die, to live the life of glory. 
Suffer, with thy Lord to reign. 



3l8 ETERNITY CONSIDERED. 

ETERNITY CONSIDERED. 

Matt. 1 6 : 26. 2 Pet, i : 10. 

And am I only born to die ? 
And must I suddenly comply 

With nature's stern decree ? 
What after death for me remains ? 
Celestial joy, or hellish j)ains, 

To all eternity ! 

How then ought I on earth to live, 
While God prolongs the kind reprieve, 

And props the house of clay! 
My sole concern, my single care. 
To watch, and tremble, and prepare, 

Against the fatal day ! 

No room for mirth or trifling here, 
For worldly hope, or worldly fear, 

If life so soon is gone : 
If now the Judge is at the door. 
And all mankind must stand before 

The inexorable throne ! 

No matter which my thoughts employ, 
A moment's misery, or joy ; 

But O ! when both shall end. 
Where shall I find my destined place? 
Shall I my everlasting days 

With fiends or angels spend? 

Nothing is worth a thought beneatli, 
But how I may escape the death 
That never, never dies! 



CONFLAGRATION OF ALL THINGS. 319 

How make mine own election sure, 
And, when I fail on earth, secure 
A mansion in tlie skies ! 

Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray : 

Be thou my Guide, be thou my Way 

To glorious happiness ! 
Ah, write the pardon on my heart, 
And whensoever I hence de23art, 

Let me dej^art in peace. 



CONFLAGRATION OF ALL THINGS. 

2 Pet. 3 : 12, 13. Matt. 13 : 43, i Cor. 15 : 52. 

Stand the omnipotent decree: 

Jehovah's will be done ! 
Nature's end we wait to see. 

And hear her final groan : 
Let this earth dissolve, and blend 

Li death the wicked and the just ; 
Let those ponderous orbs descend, 

And grind us into dust. 

Rests secure the righteous man ! 

At his Redeemer's beck. 
Sure to emerge, and rise again. 

And mount above the wreck ; 
Lo ! the heavenly Spirit towers, 

Like flame, o'er nature's funeral pyre, 
Triumphs in immortal powers, 
. And claps his wings of fire ! 
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320 REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

Nothing hath the just to lose, 

By worlds on worlds destroy'd ; 
Far beneath his feet he views, 

With smiles, the flaming void : 
Sees the universe renew'd. 

The grand millennial reign began ; 
Shouts, with all the sons of God, 

Around th' eternal throne ! 

Resting in this glorious ho23e 

To be at last restored. 
Yield we now our bodies np 

To earthquake, plague, or sword: 
Listening for the call divine. 

The latest trumpet of the seven, 
Soon our soul and dust shall join, 

And both fly up . to heaven. 



REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

Rev. 14 : 13. Matt. 25 : 21. 

Haek ! a voice divides the sky, 

Happy are the faithful dead ! 
In the Lord who sweetly die. 

They from all their toils are freed. 
Them the Spirit hath declared 

Blest, unutterably blest : 
Jesus is their great Reward, 

Jesus is their endless Rest. 

FoUow'd by their works, they go 
Where their Head hath gone before; 



REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 323 

Keconciled by grace below, 

Grace bad open'd Mercy's door; 

Justified through faith alone, 

Here they knew their sins forgiven; 

Here they laid their burden down, 
Hallow'd, and made meet for heaven. 

Who can now lament the lot 

Of a saint in Christ deceased ? 
Let the world, who know us not', 

Call us hopeless and imbless'd: 
When from flesh the spirit freed. 

Hastens homeward to return. 
Mortals cry, "A man is dead!" 

Angels sing, '' A child is born !" 

Born into the w^orld above. 

They our happy brother greet; 
Bear him to the throne of Love, 

Place him at the Saviour's feet: 
Jesus smiles and says, "Well done, 

Good and faithful servant thou ; 
Enter, and receive thy crowm ; 

Reign with me triumphant now." 

Angels catch the approving sound, 
Bow, and bless the just award; 

Hail the heir with glory crown'd, 
IsTow rejoicing with his Lord : 

Fuller joys ordain'd to know, 
Waiting for the general doom. 

When the Archangel's trump shall blow, 

"Rise, ye dead, to judgment come!" 



322 THE SEVENTH ANGEL. 

''THE SEVENTH ANGEL." 

Amos 4 : 12. Rev. i6 : 17. Rev. 6 : 14. 

Woe to the men on earth who dwell, 
Nor dread the Ahnighty's frown ; 

When God doth all his wrath reveal, 
And shower his judgments down ! 

Sinners, expect those heaviest showers : 

To meet yom* God prepare ! 
For, lo ! the seventh angel pom's 

His vial in the air. 

Lo ! from their seats the mountains leap ; 

The mountains are not found ; 
Transported far into the deep. 

And in the ocean drown'd. 

Who then shall live, and face the throne, 

And face the Judg^e severe? 
When heaven and earth are fled and gone, 

O where shall I appear ? 

NoAV, only now, against that hour 

We may a place provide ; 
Beyond the grave, beyond the power 

Of hell our spirits hide : 

Firm in the all-destroying shock. 

May view the final scene; 
For, lo ! the everlasting Rock 

Is cleft to take us in. 



THE SEVENTH ANGEL. 323 

By f:iith we find tlie place above, 

The rock that rent in twam; 
Beneath the shade of dyhig love, 

And in the clefts remain. 

Jesus, to thy dear wounds we flee, 

We sink into thy side; 
Assured that all who trust in thee 

Shall evermore abide. 

Then let the thund'ring trumpet sound ; 

The latest lightning glare ; 
Tiie mountains melt; the solid ground 

Dissolve as liquid air : 

The huge celestial bodies roll, 

Amidst that general fire. 
And shrivel as a parchment scroll. 

And all in smoke expire ! 

Yet still the Lord, the Saviour reigns, 

When nature is destroy' d. 
And no created thing remains 

Throughout the flaming void. 

Sublime upon his azure throne. 
He speaks the Almighty Word : 

His fiat is obey'd ! 'tis done ; 
And Paradise restored. 

So be it ! let this system end. 

This ruinous earth and skies ; 
The ]N'ew Jerusalem descend, 

The New Creation rise. 



;24 CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. 

Thy power omnipotent assume ; 

Thy brightest majesty ! 
And when thou dost in glory come, 

My Lord, remember me ! 



CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. 



Matt. 25 : 6-13, Matt. 11 : 28. Luke 12 : 35. Rev. 3 : 4. 
2 Peter 3 : 10. Luke 12 : 37. 

Heaekej^ to the solemn voice. 

The awful midnight cry ! 
Waiting souls, rejoice, rejoice, 

And see the Bridegroom nigh : 
Lo ! he comes to keep his word, 

Light and joy his looks impart: 
Go ye forth to meet your Lord, 

And meet him in your heart. 

Ye who faint beneath the load 

Of sin, your heads lift up ; 
See your great redeeming God, 

He comes, and bids you hope ; 
Li the midnight of your grief, 

Jesus doth his mourners cheer ; 
Lo ! he brings you sure relief; 

Believe, and feel him here. 

Ye whose loins are girt, stand forth, 
Whose lamps are burning briglit ; 



CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. 325 

Worthy, in your Saviour's worth, 

To walk with him in white; 
Jesus bids your hearts be clean; 

Bids you all his promise prove : 
Jesus comes to cast out sin, 

And perfect you in love. 

Wait Ave all in patient hope. 

Till Christ, the Judge, shall come ; 
We shall soon be all caught up 

To meet the general doom: 
In an hour to us unknown, 

As a thief in deepest night, 
Christ shall suddenly come down, 

With all his saints in light. 

Happy he whom Christ shall find 

Watching to see him come ; 
Him the Judge of all mankind 

Shall bear triumphant home : 
Who can answer to his word ? 

Which of you dares meet his day ? 
■ Rise, and come to judgment !" — Lord, 

We rise, and come away. 



11. 

I Thess. 4 ; 16, 17. 

Jesus, faithful to his word, v 

Shall Avith a shout descend ; 

All heaA^en's host their glorious Lord 
Shall pompously attend : 



326 CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. 

Christ shall come with dreadful noise, 
Lightnings swift and thunders loud ; 

With the great Archangel's voice, 
And with the trump of God. 

First the dead in Christ shall rise ; 

Then we that yet remain 
Shall be caught up to the skies. 

And see our Lord again : 
We shall meet him in the air, 

All rapt up to heaven shall be ; 
Find, and love, and praise him there. 

To all eternity 

Who can tell the happiness. 

This glorious hope affords? 
Joy unutter'd we .possess 

Li these reviving words : 
Happy while on earth we breathe ; 

Mightier bliss ordain'd to know ; 
Trampling down sin, hell, and death, 

To the third heaven we go. 



III. 

Luke 21 : 28. 2 Pet. 3 : 10. Mark 13 : 24, 26. 

Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus, 
Partners in his sufferings here ; 

Christ, to all believers precious. 
Lord of lords, shall soon appear v 

Mark the tokens 
Of his heavenly kingdom near ! 



CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. 327 

Close behind the tribulation 

Of the last tremendous days, 
See the flaming revelation, 

See the universal blaze ! 
Earth and heaven 

Melt before the Judge's face! 

Sun and moon are both confounded, 

Darhen'd into endless night. 
When, with angel-hosts surrounded, 

In his Father's glory bright. 
Beams the Saviour, 

Shines the everlasting Light. 

See the stars from heaven falling. 
Hark on earth the doleful cry. 

Men on rocks and mountains calling, 
While the frowning Judge draws nigh, 

"Hide us, hide us. 
Rocks and mountains, from his eye !" 

With what different exclamation 
Shall the saints his banner see ! 

By the tokens of his passion. 
By the marks received for me. 

All discern him. 
All with shouts cry out, " 'Tis he !" 

Yes, the prize shall then be given. 

We his open face shall see : 
Love, the earnest of our heaven. 

Love, our full reward shall be ; 
Love shall crown us 

Kings through all eternity ! 



328 THE JUDGMENT. 

THE JUDGMENT. 

Matt. 24 : 4 5 25 : 31. i Thess. 4:16. 

Thou Judge of quick and dead, 

Before whose bar severe, 
With holy joy, or guilty dread, 

We all shall soon appear ; 
Our caution'd souls jprepare 

For that tremendous day; 
And fill us now with watchful care, 

And stir us up to pray: 

To pray, and wait the hour, 

That awful hour unknown ; 
When, robed in majesty and power. 

Thou shalt from heaven come down, 
The immortal Son of Man, 

To judge the human race. 
With all thy Father's dazzling train, 

With all thy glorious grace. 

To damp our earthly joys. 

To increase our gracious fears. 
For ever let the Archangel's voice 

Be sounding in our ears 
The solemn midnight cry, 

" Ye dead, the Judge is come ; 
Arise, and meet him in the sky. 

And meet your instant doom !" 

O may we thus be found 
Obedient to his word ; 



THE WISE VIRGINS. 329 

Attentive to the trumpet's sound, 

And looking for our Lord ! 
O may we thus insure 

A lot among the blest ; 
And watch a moment to secure 

An eyerlastino: rest ! 



THE WISE VIRGINS. 

Matt. 25 : 1-13. 

Ye virgin souls, arise. 

With all the dead awake ! 
Unto salvation wise, 

Oil in your vessels take : 
Upstarting at the midnight cry, 
" Behold the heavenly Bridegroom nigh I" 

He comes, he comes, to call 

The nations to his bar, 
And raise to glory all 

Who fit for glory are : 
Made ready for your full reward. 
Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. 

Go, meet him in the sky, 

Your everlasting Friend: 
Your Head to glorify. 

With all his saints ascend : 
Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace 
To see, without a veil, his face ! 



33° THE RESURRECTION. 

Ye that have here received 

The unction from above, 
And in his Spirit lived, 

Obedient to his love, 
Jesus shall claim you for his bride : 
Rejoice with all the sanctified! 

The everlasting doors 

Shall soon the saints receive, 

Above yon angel powers 
In glorious joy to live ; 

Far from a world of grief and sin. 

With God eternally shut in. 

Then let us wait to hear 

The trumpet's Avelcome sound; 

To see our Lord appear, 
Watching let us be found ; 

When Jesus doth the heavens bow. 

Be found — as. Lord, thou find'st us novr 



THE RESURRECTION. 

Job 19 : 25-27. 

I CALL the world's Redeemer mine ; 

He lives who died for me, I know ; 
Who bought my soul with blood divine, 

Jesus, shall reappear below^ 
Stand, in that dreadful day unkno^vn. 
And fix on earth his heavenly throne. 



THE FINAL VICTORY. 33 1 

Then the last juclgment-daY shall come ; 

And thongh the "worms this sMn devour, 
The Judge shall call nie from the tomb, 

Shall hid the greedy grave restore, 
And raise this individual me, 
God in the flesh, my God, to see. 

In this identic body I, 

TTith eyes of flesh refined, restored, 
Shall see that self-same Saviour nigh. 

See for myself my smiling Lord, 
See with ineflahle delight ; 
Nov faint to hear the glorious sight. 

Then let the worms demand their prey, 
The greedy grave my reins con sum- ; 

With joy I drop my mouldering clay. 
And rest till my Eedeemer come ; 

On Christ my life, in death rely. 

Secure that I can ncA^er die. 



THE FINAL VICTORY. 

Rev. z : ic, 11. i Cor. 2 : 9. 

Thou, Lord, on whom I still depend, 
Shalt keep me faithfifl. to the end: 
I trust thy truth, and love, and power. 
Shall save me to the latest hour : 
And, when I lay this body down, 
'Reward with an immortal crown. 



332 THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD. 

Jesus, in thy great name I go 
To conquer death, my final foe! 
And when I quit this cimibrous clay 
And soar on angels' wings away. 
My soul the second death defies, 
And reigns eternal in the skies. 

Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard, 
What Christ hath for his saints prepared, 
Who conquer through their Saviour's miglit, 
Who sink into perfection's height. 
And trample death beneath their feet, 
And gladly die their Lord to meet. 

. Dost thou desire to know and see, 
What thy mysterious name shall be ? 
Contending for thy heavenly home, 
Thy latest foe in death o'ercome ; 
Till then thou searchest out in vain. 
What only conquest can explain. 



THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD." 

Rev. 12 : lo. Rev. 7 : 17. Prov. 18 : 10. 

S ATI CUE of sinful men. 
Thy goodness we proclaim. 

Which brings us here to meet again, 
And triumph in thy name : 
Thy mighty name hath been 
Our safeguard and our tower ; 

Hath saved us from the world, and sin, 
And all the Accuser's power. 



THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD. 333 

Jesus, take all the praise, 

That still on earth we live, 
Unspotted in so foul a place, 

And innocently grieve ! 

We shall from jSocIom flee, 

When perfected in love ; 
And haste to better company, 

TTho wait for us above. 

Awhile in flesh disjoin' d. 

Our friends that went before 
We soon in j^aradise shall find, 

And meet to part no more. 

In Yon thrice happy seat. 

Waiting for us they are ; 
And thou shalt there a husband meet ! 

And I a parent there ! 

I what a mighty change 

Shall Jesu's suif'rers know. 
While o'er the happy plains they range. 

Incapable of woe ! 

iSTo ili-requited love 

Shall there our spirits wound ; 
'No base ingratitude above, 

No sin m heaven is found. 

There all our griefs are spent I 
There all our sorrows end ! 
We cannot there the fall lament 
Of a departed friend, — 
A brother dead to God, 
By sin, alas ! undone : — 



334 THE SAINTS GLORIFIED. 

N"o father there, m passion loud, 
Cries, " O my son, my son !" 

'No slightest touch of pain, 
IsTor sorrow's least alloy. 

Can violate our rest, or stain 
Our purity of joy : 
In that eternal day 
ISTo clouds nor tempests rise : 

There gushing tears are wiped away 
For ever from our eyes. 



THE SAINTS GLORIFIED. 

I Cor. 2 : 9. Rev. 7:16. 

Where shall true believers go. 

When from the flesh they fly ? 
Glorious joys ordain'd to know. 

They mount above the sky. 
To that bright celestial place ; 

There they shall in raptures live. 
More than tongue can e'er express, 

Or heart can e'er conceive. 

When they once are enter'd there, 

Their mourning days are o'er; 
Pain, and sin, and want, and care, 

And sighing is no more ; 
Subject then to no, decay, 

Heavenly bodies they put on, 
Sw^ifter than the lightning's ray, 

And briirhter than the sun. 



THE CHURCH IN GLORY. 335 

But their greatest happiness, 

Their highest joy, shall be, 
God their Saviour to possess. 

To know, and love, and see : 
With that beatific sight 

Glorious ecstasy is given ; 
This is their supreme delight, 

And makes a heaven of heaven. 

Him beholding face to face, 

To him they glory give. 
Bless his name and sing his praise, 

As long as God shall live. 
While eternal ages roll. 

Thus employ'd in heaven they are: 
Lord, receive my hajopy soul 

With all thy servants there ! 



THE CHURCH IN GLORY. 

Eph. 3 : 15. 

Come, let us join our friends above 
That have obtain' d the prize. 

And on the eagle wings of love 
To joys celestial rise : 

Let all the saints terrestrial sing. 



With those to glory gone : 
or all the servants of our Kin 
In earth and heaven, are one. 



One family we dwell in him, 
One church above, beneath, 
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33^ THE CHURCH IN GLORY. 

Though noAY divided by the stream, 
TJie narrow stream, of death : 

One army of the living God, 
To his command we bow ; 

Part of his host have cross'd the flood, 
And part are crossing now^. 

Ten thousand to their endless home 

This solemn moment fly; 
And we are to the margin come, 

And Ave expect to die : 
His militant embodied host. 

With wishful looks we stand. 
And long to see that happy coast, 

And reach the heavenly land. 

Our old companions in distress 

We haste again to see. 
And eager long for our release, 

And full felicity : 
Even now by faith we join our hands 

With those that went before ; 
And greet the blood-besprinkled bands 

On the eternal shore. 

Our spirits too shall quickly join, 

Like theirs with glory crown' d, 
And shout to see our Captain's sign, 

To hear his trumpet sound. 
O that we now might grasp our Guide ! 

O that the word were given ! 
Come, Lord of hosts, the waves divide, 

And land us all in heaven ! 



THE REDEEMED IX HEAVEX. 337 

THE REDEEMED IN HEAVEN. 

Rev. 7 : 13, 17. 

What are these array'd in white, 

Brighter than the noon-day sun ? 
Foremost of the sons of light, 

Nearest the eternal throne ? 
These are they that bore the cross. 

Nobly for their Master stood ; 
Sufferers in his righteous cause, 

Followers of the dying God. 

Out of great distress they came, 

ATash'd their robes by faith below 
In the blood of yonder Lamb, 

Blood that washes white as snow : 
Therefore are they next the throne. 

Serve their Maker day and night ; 
God resides among his own, 

God doth in his saints delight. 

More than conquerors at last, 

Here they find their trials o'er; 
They have all their suflerings past. 

Hunger now and thirst no more: 
No excessive heat they feel 

From the sun's directer ray ; 
In a milder clime they dwell. 

Region of eternal day. 

He that on the throne doth reign, 
• Them the Lamb shall alwavs feed. 



338 THE INNUMERABLE MULTITUDE. 

With the tree of life sustain, 
To the living fountains lead: 

He shall all their sorrows chase, 
All their wants at once remove, 

Wipe the tears from every face, 
Fill up every soul with love. 



"THE INNUMERABLE MULTITUDE.' 

Rev. 7 : 9-12. 

Lift your eyes of faith, and see 
Saints and angels join'd in one : 

What a countless company 

Stand before yon dazzling throne ! 

Each before his Saviour stands ; 

All in milk-white robes array' d, 
Palms they carry in their hands. 

Crowns of glory on their head. 

Saints begin the endless song. 

Cry aloud in heavenly lays. 
Glory doth to God belong ; 

God, the glorious Saviour, praise : 

All salvation from him came ; 

Him, who reigns enthroned on higli : 
Glory to the bleeding Lamb, 

Let the morning stars reply. 

Angel-powers the throne surround, 
Kext the saints in glory they; 



THE NEW JERUSALEM. 339 

Lull'd with the transporting sound, 
They their silent homage pay; 

Prostrate on their face before 

God and his Messiah fall; 
Then in hymns of praise adore, 

Shout the Lamb that died for all ! 

Be it so, they all reply, 

Him let all our orders praise; 
Him that did for sinners die. 

Saviour of the favour' d race ! 

Render we our God his right. 

Glory, wisdom, thanks, and power 

Honour, majesty, and might; 

Praise him, praise him evermore ! 



THE NEW JERUSALEM. 

Rev. 21 : 1-7. Rev. : 23. 

Away with our sorrow and fear. 

We soon shall recover our home, 
The city of saints shall appear ; 

The day of eternity come : 
From earth we shall quickly remove, 

And moimt to our native abode; 
The house of our Father above ; 

The palace of angels and God. 

Our mourning is all at an end, 
When, raised by the life-giving word, 



340 THE NEW JERUSALEM. 

We see the new city descend, 

Adorn'd as a bride for the Lord : 

The city so holy and clean, 

'No sorrow can breathe m the air; 

No gloom of affliction or sin, 
No shadow of evil is there ! 

By faith we already behold 

That lovely Jerusalem here ; 
Her walls are of jasper and gold, 

As crystal her buildings are clear: 
Immovably founded in grace, 

She stands, as she ever hath stood. 
And brightly her Builder displays. 

And flames with the glory of God. 

No need of the sun in that day, 

Which never is follow'd by night. 
Where Jesus's beauties display 

A pure and a permanent light : 
The Lamb is their Light and their Sun, 

And, lo! by reflection they shine. 
With Jesus inefiably one, 

And brigjht in efl"ul2:ence divine ! 



'O' 



The saints in his presence receive 

Their great and eternal reward ; 
In Jesus, in heaven they live; 

They reign in the smile of their Lord 
The flame of angelical love 

Is kindled at Jesus's face ; 
And all the enjoyment above 

Consists in the rapturous gaze. 



TO DIE IS GAIN. 34 1 

'*TO DIE IS GAIN." 

Phil. I : 21-23. 

Happy wlio in Jesus live ; 

But happier still are they 
Who to God their spirits give, 

And 'scape from earth away. 
Lord, thou read'st the panting heart ; 

Lord, thou hear'st the praying sigh; 
! 'tis better to depart, 

'Tis better far to die ! 

Yet, if so thy Vv'ill ordain, 

For our companions' good, 
Let us in the flesh remain, 

And meekly bear the load. 
When we have our grief fill'd up, 

When we all our work have done 
Late partakers of our hope, 

And sharers of thy throne, 

To thy wise and gracious will 

We quietly submit. 
Waiting for redemption still, 

But waiting at thy feet. 
When thou wilt the blessing give, 

Call us up thy face to see; 
Only let thy servants live. 

And let us die to Thee. 



PART X. 



iatr^b ^n^trji. 



PART THE TENTH. 



THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 



z Tim. 3 : 14, 17. 

IxspiEER of the ancient Seers, 

Who wrote from thee the sacred page, 
The same through all succeedmg years. 

To US, in our degenerate age, 
The Spirit of thy word impart. 
And breathe the Life into our heart. 

While now thine oracles we read, 

With earnest prayer and strong desire, 

O let thy Spirit from thee proceed. 
Our souls to awaken and inspire; 

Our weakuess help, our darkness chase, . 

And guide us by the Light of Grace ! 

Whene'er in error's paths we rove, 
The living God through sin forsake, 



34^ THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, 

Our conscience by thy Word reprove, 

Convince and bring the wanderers back, 
Deep wounded by thy Spirit's sword. 
And then by Gilead's bahn restored. 

The sacred lessons of thy grace. 

Transmitted through thy Word, repeat; 

And train us up in all thy ways, 
To make us in thy will complete ; 

Fulfil thy love's redeeming plan. 

And bring us to a perfect man. 

Furnish'd out of thy treasury, 
O may we always ready stand 

To help the souls redeem'd by thee. 
In what their various states demand; 

To teach, convince, correct, reprove. 

And build them up in holiest love! 



II. 

Deut. 6 : 7. 



When quiet in my house I sit. 
Thy book be my companion still ; 

My joy thy sayings to repeat. 
Talk o'er the records of thy will. 

And search the oracles divine. 

Till every heart-felt word be mine. 

O may the gracious words divine 
Subject of all my converse be : 



THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 349 

So mil the Lord his follower join, 

And walk and talk himself with me ; 
So shall my heart his presence prove, 
And hm-n with everlasting love. 

Oft as I lay me down to rest, 

O may the reconciling word 
Sweetly compose my weary breast! 

While, on the bosom of my Lord, 
I sink in blissful dreams away, 
And visions of eternal day. 

Rising to sing my Saviour's praise. 
Thee may I publish all day long; 

And let thy precious word of grace 

Flow from my heart, and fill my tongue ; 

Fill all my life with purest love, 

And join me to the church above. 



III. 

Pet. I : 21. 



Spirit of Truth, essential God, 

Who didst thy ancient saints inspire, 

Shed in their hearts thy love abroad. 
And touch their hallow'd lips Avith fire 

Our God from all eternity. 

World without end, we worship thee. 



350 THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 

Still we believe, Almighty Lord, 

Whose presence fills both earth and heaven, 

The meaning of the written word 
Is by thy inspiration given: 

Thou only dost thyself explain 

The secret mind of God to man. 

Come, then, Divine Interpreter, 
The Scriptures to our hearts apply ; 

And taught by thee, we God revere, 
Him in Three Persons magnify ; 

In each the Triune God adore, 

Who was, and is for evermore. 



IV. 

Luke 24 : 19, 32. Rev. 5 : 9. 

Come, O thou Prophet of the Lord, 
Thou great Interpreter divine. 

Explain thine own transmitted word ; 
To teach and to inspire is thine : 

Thou only canst thyself reveal. 

Open the book, and loose the seal. 

Now, Jesus, now the veil remove. 
The folly of our darken'd heart; 

Unfold the wonders of thy love. 
The knowledge of thyself impart ; 

Our ear, our inmost soul we bow: 

Speak, Lord, thy servants hearken now 



THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 351 

V. 

2 Pet. I : 21. 

Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, 

Let us thine influence prove; 
Source of the old prophetic fire, 

Fountain of Light and Love. 

Come, Holy Ghost, (for moved by thee 
The Prophets wrote and spoke,) 

Unlock the Truth, thyself the Key, 
LTnseal the sacred Book. 

Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, 

Brood o'er our nature's night : 
On our disorder'd spirits move. 

And let there now be light. 

God, through himself, we then shall know, 

If thou within us shine ; 
And sound, with all thy saints below, 

The depths of love divine. 



VI. 

John 5 : 39. 



Father of all, in whom alone 

We live, and move, and breathe, 
One bright, celestial ray dart down, 
• And cheer thy sons beneath. 
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352 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

While in thy word we search for thee, 
(We search with trembling awe!) 

Open our eyes, and let us see 
The wonders of thy law. 

ISTow let our darkness comprehend 
The light that shines so clear ; 

"Now the revealing Spirit send. 
And give us ears to hear. 

Before us make thy goodness pass, 
Which here by faith we know ; 

Let us in Jesus see thy face. 
And die to all below. 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
I. 

Luke 14: 16-23. ^ ^°^- 5 • ^4j ^5- 

Come, sinners, to the gospel feast ; 
Let every soul be Jesu's guest ; 
Ye need not 07ie be lefl: behind, 
For God hath bidden all mankind. 

Sent by my Lord, on you I call 

The invitation is to all: 

Come, all the world ; come, sinner, tho2i ; 

All things in Christ are ready now. 

Come, all ye souls by sin opprest. 

Ye restless wanderers after rest, 

Ye poor, and niaim'd, and halt and blind. 

In Christ a hearty welcome find. 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 353 

Come, and partake the gospel feast ; 
Be saved from sin ; in Jesus rest : 
O taste the goodness of your God, 
And eat his flesh, and drink his blood ! 

My message as from God receive ; 
Ye all may come to Christ, and live ; 
let his love your hearts constrain, 
Xor sufier him to die in vain ! 

His love is mighty to compel; 
His conquering love consent to feel ; 
Yield to his love's resistless power. 
And fight against your God no more. 

See him set forth before your eyes, 
That precious, bleeding Sacrifice! 
His ofier'd benefits embrace. 
And freely now be saved by grace. 

This is the time ; no more delay ; 
This is the acceptable day 
Come in, this moment, at his call. 
And live for him who died for all. 



II. 



ViCTiii Divine, thy grace we claim, 

While. thus thy precious death we show: 
Once ofier'd up, a spotless Lamb, 
' In thy great temple here below, 



35-1 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Thou didst for all mankind atone, 
And standest now before the throne. 

Thou standest in the holy place, 
As now for guilty sinners slain ; 

The blood of sprinkling speaks, and prays, 
All prevalent for helpless man ; 

Thy blood is still our ransom found. 

And speaks salvation all around. 

The smoke of thy atonement here 
Darken'd the sun, and rent the veil. 

Made the new way to heaven appear. 
And show'd the great Invisible : 

Well pleased in thee, our God look'd down 

And calls his rebels to a crown 

He still respects thy Sacrifice ; 

Its savour sweet does always please ; 
The Offering smokes through earth and skies. 

Diffusing life, and joy, and peace ; 
To these, thy lower courts, it comes, 
And fills them with divine perfumes. 

We need not now go up to heaven. 

To bring the long-sought Saviour down ; 

Thou art to all already given, 

Thou dost even now thy banquet crown : 

To every faithful soul appear. 

And show thy real presence here ! 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 355 

III. 
Rev. 19 : 13. Acts 2 : 42. i Cor. 10 : 16. John 6:51, 56. 

Jesu, at Trhose supreme commaud 

We nov>' approacli to God, 
Before ns iu thy vesture stand, 

Thy vesture dipp'd in blood! 
Obedient to thy gracious word, 

We break the hallow'd bread, 
Commemorate thee, oiu' dying Lord, 

And trust on thee to feed. 

'Now, Saviour, now thyself reveal, 

And make thy nature known ; 
Affix thy blessed Spirit's seal. 

And stamp us for thine own. 
The tokens of thy dying love 

O let ns all receive; 
And feel the quick'ning Spirit move. 

And sensibly believe I 

The cup of blessing, bless'd by thee, 

Let it thy blood impart ; 
The bread thy mystic body be. 

And cheer each languid heart. 
The grace which sure salvation brings 

Let us herewith receive; 
Satiate the hungry with good tilings, 

The hidden manna give. 

The living bi-ead, sent down from heaven, 
In us vouchsafe to be : 



35*5 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Thy flesh for all the world is given, 
And all may live by thee. 

Now, Lord, on us thy flesh bestow, 
And let us drink thy blood. 

Till all our souls are fill'd below 
With all the life of God. 



IV. 

Lamb of God, whose bleeding love 

We now recall to mind. 
Send the answer from above. 

And let us mercy find ; 
Think on us who think on thee, 

And every struggling soul release; 
O remember Calvary, 

And bid us go in peace ! 

By thine agonizing pain 

And bloody sweat, we pray, 
By thy dying love to man. 

Take all our sins away: 
Burst our bonds, and set us free; 

From all iniquity release ; 
O remember Calvary, 

And bid us go in peace ! 

Let thy blood, by faith applied, 

The sinner's pardon seal; 
Speak us freely justified. 

And all our sickness heal; 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 3^7 

By thy passion on the tree, 

Let all our griefs and troubles cease ; 
O remember Calvary, 

And bid us go in peace! 

Never will we hence depart, 

Till thou our wants relieve. 
Write forgiveness on our heart. 

And all thine image give ! 
Still our souls shall cry to thee, 

Till perfected in holiness ; 
O remember Calvary, 

And bid us go in peace ! 



V. 

John 14 : 26. 



Come, thou everlasting Spirit, 

Bring to every thankful mind 
All the Saviour's dying merit. 

All his sufferings for mankind ! 
True Recorder of his passion, 

ISTow the living faith impart ; 
Now reveal his great salvation ; 

Preach his gospel to our heart. 

Come, thou Witness of his dying ; 

Come, Remembrancer divine ! 
Let us feel thy power, applying 

Christ to every soul, and mine ! 



35^ THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Let us groan thine inward groaning; 

Look on him we pierced, and grieve ; 
All receive the grace atoning, 

All the sprinkled blood receive. 



VL 

Heb. 7:17. Heb. 11 : i. Rev. 19 : 13. 

O THOU eternal Victim, slain 

A sacrifice for guilty man. 

By the eternal Spirit made 

An offering in the sinner's stead; 

Our everlasting Priest art thou. 

And plead'st thy death for sinners now. 

Thy offering still continues new; 
Thy vesture keeps its bloody hue ; 
Thou stand' st the ever-slaughter'd Lamb 
Thy priesthood still remains the same ; 
Thy years, O God, can never fail ; 
Thy goodness is unchangeable. 

O that our faith may never move, 
But stand unshaken as thy love ! 
Sure evidence of things unseen, 
Now let it pass the years between, 
And view thee bleeding on the tree. 
My God, who dies for me, for me ! 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 359 



VII. 

Come, let us use the grace divine, 

And all, with one accord, 
In a perpetual Covenant join 

Ourselves to Cheist the Loed : 

Give up ourselves, through Jesu's power, 

His name to glorify ; 
And promise, in this sacred hour. 

For God to live and die. 

The Covenant we this moment make 

Be ever kept in mind : — 
We will no more our God forsake. 

Or cast his words behind. 

We never will throw off his fear, 
Who hears our solemn vow : 

And if thou art well pleased to hc;ir, 
Come down, and meet us now I 

Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

Let all our hearts receive ; 
Present with the celestial host. 

The peaceful answer give ! 

To each the covenant blood apply, 

Which takes our sins away ; 
And register our names on high. 

And keep us to that day ! 



360 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

VIII. 

Rom. 12 : I, 

Being of Beings, God of Love ! 

To thee our hearts we raise ; 
Thy all-sustaining power we prove, 

And gladly sing thy praise. 

Thine, only thine, w^e pant to be ; 

Our sacrifice receive; 
Made, and preserved, and saved by thee, 

To thee ourselves we give. 

Heavenward our every wish aspires; 

For all thy mercies' store. 
The sole return thy love requires 

Is, that w^e ask for more. 

For more we ask ; we open then 
Our hearts to embrace thy will; 

Turn, and beget us, Lord, again. 
With all thy fulness fill. 

Come, Holy Ghost, the Saviour's love 
Shed in our hearts abroad ! 

So shall we ever live and move, 
And be, with Christ in God. 



THE INXARXATIOK OF CHRIST. 361 

THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST, 
I. 

Hag. a : 7. Luke 2 : 14, Rom. 16 : 20. 

Haek, the lierald-angels sing 
Gloiy to the new-born King, 
" Peace on earth, and mercy mild ; 
God and sinners reconciled." 

Christ, by highest heaven adored, 
Christ, the everlasting Lord, 
Late in time behold him come, 
Offspring of a virgin's Tvomb. 

VeiPd in flesh the Godhead see ; 
Hail the incarnate Deity ! 
Pleased as man Avitli men to ap]3ear, 
Jesns our Lnmanuel here. 

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace, 
Hail the San of Righteousness ! 
Light and life to all he brings. 
Risen with healing in his wings. 

Mild he lays his glory by, 
Born that man no more may die ; 
Born to raise the sons of earth, 
Born to ^ive them second birth. 

Come, Desire of Nations, come, 
Fix in us thy humble home ; 



3^2 THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 

Rise, the woman's conquering Seed, 
Bruise in us the Serpent's head. 

Adam's likeness now efface. 
Stamp thine image in its place : 
Second Adam from above, 
Reinstate us in thy love. 



11. 

Luke 2 : 14. 



All glory to God in the sky. 

And peace upon earth be restored: 
O Jesus, exalted on high. 

Appear our omnipotent Lord ! 
Who, meanly in Bethlehem born, 

Didst stoop to redeem a lost race, 
Once more to thy creatures return, 

And reign in thy kingdom of grace. 

When thou in our flesh didst appear. 

All nature acknowledged thy birth; 
Arose the acceptable year. 

And heaven was open'd on earth : 
Receiving its Lord from above. 

The world was united to bless 
The Giver of concord and love, 

The Prince and the Author of peace. 

O would'st thou again be made known, 
Again in thy Spirit descend, 



THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 363 

And set up, in each of thine o^Yn, 
A kingdom that never shall end ! 

Thou only art able to bless, 

And make the glad nations obey, 

And bid the dire enmity cease, 

And bow the whole world to thy sway. 

Come then to thy servants again. 

Who long thy appearing to knov\^ ; 
Thy quiet and j^eaceable reign 

In mercy establish below : 
All sorrow before thee shall fly. 

And anger and hatred be o'er ; 
And envy and malice shall die, 

And discord afflict us no more. 

Xo horrid alarum of war 

Shall break our eternal repose ; 
Xo sound of the trumpet is there, 

"Where Jesu's Spirit overflows : 
Appeased by the charms of thy grace. 

We all shall in amity join; 
And kindly each other embrace, 

And love with a passion like thine. 



III. 

I John 3 : 8. Eph. 3 : 18, 19. 

OxcE thou didst on earth appear, 

For all mankind to atone, 
ISTow be manifested here, 
• And bid our sin be orone ! 



364 THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 

Come, and by thy presence chase 
Its nature with its guilt and power; 

Jesus, show thy open face. 
And sin shall be no more. 

Thou who didst so greatly stoop 

To a poor virgin's womb. 
Here thy mean abode take up ; 

To me, my Saviour, come ! 
Come, and Satan's works destroy. 

And let me all thy Godhead prove, 
Fill'd with peace, and heavenly joy. 

And pure eternal love. 

Then my soul, with strange delight, 

Shall comprehend and feel 
What the length, and breadth, and height, 

Of love unspeakable : 
Then I shall the secret know, 

Which angels would search out in vain ;- 
God was man, and served below. 

That man with God might reign! 

Father, Son, and Spirit, come, 

And with thine own abide: 
Holy Ghost, to make thee room. 

Our hearts we open wide; 
Thee, and only thee request. 

To every asking sinner given ; 
Come, our life, and peace, and rest, 

Our all in earth and heaven. 



THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 365 



IV. 

Glory "be to God on high, 

And peace on earth descend ; 
God comes down, he bows the sky, 

And shows himself our Friend : 
God the Invisible appears! 

God, the blest, the great I AM, 
Sojourns in this vale of tears. 

And Jesus is his Name. 

Him the angels all adored. 

Their Maker and their King ; 
Tidings of their humble Lord 

They now to mortals bring. 
Emptied of his majesty. 

Of his dazzling glory shorn. 
Being's Source begins to be. 

And God himself is born ! 

See the eternal Son of God 

A mortal Son of man : 
Dwelling in an earthly clod. 

Whom heaven cannot contain ! 
Stand amazed, ye heavens, at this ; 

See the Lord of earth and skies ; 
Humble to the dust He is, 

And in a manger lies. 

We, the sons of men, rejoice, 

The Prince of Peace proclaim ; 
With heaven's host lift up our voice, 



366 THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 

And shout Immaniiers Name : 
Knees and hearts to him we bow 

Of our flesh and of our bone, 
Jesus is our Brother now, 

And God is all our own. 



V. 

Luke 2 : 32, 

Light of those whose dreary dwelling 

Borders on the shades of death. 
Come, and by thy love revealing. 

Dissipate the clouds beneath: 
The new heaven and earth's Creator, 

In our deejDest darkness rise, 
Scattering all the night of nature. 

Pouring eye-sight on our eyes. 

Still we wait for thine appearing ; 

Life and joy thy beams impart. 
Chasing all our fears, and cheering 

Every poor benighted heart: 
Come, and manifest the favour 

God hath for our ransom'd race ; 
Come, thou universal Saviour.; 

Come, and bring the gospel grace. 

Save lis in thy great compassion, 
O thou mild, pacific Prince: 

Give the knowledge of salvation, 
Give the pardon of our sins: 



THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 36; 

By thy all-restoring merit, 

Every burden'd soul release ; 
Every weary, wandering spirit 

Guide into thy perfect peace. 



VI. 

Tim 3:16. 



Let earth and heaven combine, 

Angels and men agree. 
To praise, in songs divine. 

The incarnate Deity ; 
Our God contracted to a span, 
Incomprehensibly made man. 

He laid his glory by; 

He wrapp'd him in our clay; 
Unmark'd by human eye. 

The latent Godhead lay; 
Infant of days he here became. 
And bore the mild Immanuel's name. 

Unsearchable the love 

That hath the Saviour brought ; 
The grace is far above 

Or man or angel's thought: 
Suffice for us that God, we know, 
Our God, is manifest below. 

He deigns in flesh to appear, 
Widest extremes to join ; 
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368 THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 

To bring our vileness near 
And make us all divine : 
And we the life of God shall know ; 
For God is manifest below. 

Made perfect first in love, 
And sanctified by grace, 

We shall from earth remove, 
And see his glorious face ; 

Then shall his love be fully show'd. 

And man shall then be lost in God. 



VII. 

Mai. 4 : 2. 

Stupendous height of heavenly love. 
Of pitying tenderness divine ; 

It brought the Saviour from above, 
It caused the springing day to shine ; 

The Sun of Righteousness to appear, 

And gild our gloomy hemisphere. 

God did in Christ himself reveal. 
To chase our darkness by his light, 

Our sin and ignorance dispel, 

Direct our wandering feet aright : 

And bring our souls, with pardon blest, 

To realms of everlasting rest. 

Come, then, O Lord, thy light impart, 
The faith that bids our terrors cease ; 



THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 369 

Into thy love direct our heart, 

Into thy vrnj of perfect peace : 
And cheer the souls, of death afraid, 
And guide them through the dreadful shade. 

Answer thy mercy's whole design, 

My God incarnated for me ; 
My spirit make thy radiant shrine. 

My Light and full Salvation be ; 
And through the shades of death unknown. 
Conduct me to thy dazzlmg throne. 



VIII. 

Luke 2 : 14, 



Celebeate Immanuel's name. 

The Prince of life and peace ; 
God with us, our lips proclaim, 

Our faithful hearts confess : 
God is in our flesh reveal'd ; 

Earth and heaven in Jesus join ; 
Mortal with immortal fill'd. 

And human with divine. 

Fulness of the Deity 

In Jesu's body dwells. 
Dwells in all his saints and me, 

When God his Son reveals : 
Father, manifest thy Son, 

And,' conscious of the incarnate Word, 
In our inmost souls make known 

The presence of the Lord. 



3/0 THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 

Let the Spirit of our Head 

Through every member flow ; 
By our Lord inhabited, 

We then Lnmanuel know : 
Then he doth his name express, 

And God in us we truly prove, 
Fill'd with all the life of grace 

And all the power of love. 



THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 

I. 

Hail, the day that sees Him rise, 
Ravish'd from our wishful eyes I 
Christ, awhile to mortals given, 
Reascends his native heaven. 

There the pompous triumph waits : 
" Lift your heads, eternal gates ; 
Wide unfold the radiant scene ; 
Take the King of Glory in ! " 

Circled round with angel powers. 
Their triumphant Lord, and ours. 
Conqueror over death and sin ; 
Take the King of Glory in! 

Him though highest heaven receives, 
Still he loves the earth he leaA'^es ; 
Tiiough returning to his throne. 
Still he calls mankind his own. 



THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 37 1 

See, he lifts his hands above ! 
See, he shows the prints of love ! 
Hark, his gracious lij^s bestoAv 
Blessings on his church below ! 

Still for us his death he pleads ; 
Prevalent he intercedes ; 
Kear himself prepares our place, 
Harbinger of human race. 

Master, (will we ever say,) 
Taken from our head to-day ; 
See thy faithful servants, see, 
Ever gazing up to thee. 

Grant, though parted from our sight. 
High above yon azure height. 
Grant our hearts may thither rise. 
Following thee beyond the skies. 

Ever upward let us move. 
Wafted on the wings of love ; 
Looking when our Lord shall come. 
Longing, gasping after home. 

There we shall with thee remain. 
Partners of thy endless reign ; 
There thy face unclouded see. 
Find our heaven of heavens in thee. 



372 THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 



II. 

Fathee, God, we glorify 

Thy love to Adam's seed ; 
Love that gave thy Son to die, 

And raised him from the dead! 
Him for our offences slain. 

That we all might pardon find, 
Thou hast brought to life again. 

The Saviour of mankind. 

By thine own right hand of power 

Thou hast exalted him. 
Sent the mighty Conqueror 

Thy people to redeem ; 
King of saints, and Prince of peace. 

Him thou hast for sinners given. 
Sinners from their sins to bless,' 

And lift them up to heaven. 

Father, God, to us impart 

The gift unspeakable ; 
Now in every waiting heart 

Thy glorious Son reveal : 
Quicken'd with our living Lord, 

Let us in thy Spirit rise. 
Rise to all thy life restored. 

And bless thee in the skies 



THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION, 373 



III. 



" Cheist, the Lord, is risen to-day," 
Sons of men and angels say I 
Raise your joys and triumphs high : 
Sing, ye heavens ; thou earth, reply. 

Love's redeeming work is done ; 
Fought the figlit, the battle Tvon : 
Lo ! the sun's eclipse is o'er ; 
Lo ! he sets in blood no more! 

Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, 
Christ hath burst the gates of hell : 
Death in vain forbids his rise ; 
Christ hath open'd Paradise. 



Lives again our glorious King! 
Where, O death, is now thy sting? 
Once he died our souls to save ; 
Where's thy victory, boasting grave? 



Soar we now, where Christ hath led, 
Following our exalted Head ; 
Made like him, like him we rise, 
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 

King of glory ! Soul of bliss ! 
Everlasting life is this : 
Thee to know, thy power to prove, 
Thus to sino\ and thas to love. 



374 THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 



JV. 



May not a creating God, 

Who built this house of clay, 
Re'inspire the breathless clod. 

In his appointed day? 
From the dust he form'd us man, 

And shall we circumscribe his power? 
Doubtless the Almighty can 

Our moulder'd dust restore. 

He who breathed into our earth 

The breath of life divine. 
By a new celestial birth. 

Can God and sinners join: 
Will a quickening Spirit become. 

Our souls extinct again to raise, 
Call'd out of our nature's tomb. 

To live the life of grace. 

Dead in sins and trespasses, 

Jesus his people saves: 
Lord, by faith we thee confess, 

The op'ner of our graves ; 
Joyfully the pledge receive. 

Of blissful immortality. 
Sure our bodies too shall live 

For ever one with thee. 



THE RESURRECTION AXD ASCENSION. 



I Kxow that my Redeemer lives, 

He lives, and on the earth shall stand ; 

And thongii to worms mv flesh he gives. 
My dust lies nmnber'd in his hand. 

In this reanimated clay 

I surely shall behold him near ; 

Shall see him in the latter day 
In all his majesty appear, 

I feel what then shall raise me up, 
The eternal Spirit lives in me ; 

This is my confidence of hope. 
That God I face to face shall see. 

Mine own and not another's eyes 
The King shall in liis beauty view ; 

I shall from him receive the prize. 
The starry crown to victors due. 



VI. 



Ye faithful souls, who Jesus kno^v. 
If risen indeed with him ye are, 

Superior to the joys below. 

His resurrection's power declare. 

Your faith by holy tempers prove, 
Bv actions show your sins foraiven ! 



3-76 THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 

And seek the glorious things above, 

And follow Christ, your Head, to heaven. 

There your exalted Saviour see. 
Seated at God's right hand again. 

In all his Father's majesty. 
In everlasting pomp, to reign. 

To him continually aspire, 

Contending for your native place ; 

And emulate the angel-choir. 

And only live to love and praise. - 

For who by faith your Lord receive. 
Ye nothing seek or want beside; 

Dead to the world and sin ye live; 
Your creature-love is crucified. 

Your real life, with Christ conceal'd, 
Deep in the Father's bosom lies ; 

And, glorious as your Head reveal' d. 
Ye soon shall meet him in the skies. 



VII. 

SiNNEES, rejoice : your peace is made ; 

Your Saviour on the cross hath bled ; 

Your God, in Jesus reconciled. 

On all his works again hath smiled ; 

Hath grace through him and blessing given. 

To all in earth and all in heaven. 



THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 377 

Angels rejoice in Jesii's grace, 
And vie with man's more favour'd race ; 
The blood that did for us atone, 
Conferr'd on them some gift nnknown ; 
Their joy through Jesu's pams ahomids, 
They trimnph by his glorious wounds. 

Or, 'stablish'd and confirm'd by him 
Who did our lower world redeem, 
Secure they keep their blest estate, 
Fii'm on an everlasting seat ; 
Or, raised above themselves, aspire, 
In bliss improved, in glory higher. 

Him they beheld our conquering God, 

Return'd with garments roll'd in blood I 

They saw, and kindled at the sight. 

And fiird with shouts the realms of light ; 

With loudest hallelujahs met, 

And fell, and kiss'd his bleeding feet. 

They saw him in the courts above. 

With all his recent prints of love ; 

The wounds, the blood ! they heard its voice. 

That heighten'd all their highest joys; 

They felt it sprinkled through the skies, 

And shared that better sacrifice. 

Xot angel-tongues can e'er express 

The unutterable happmess ; 

Xor human hearts can e'er conceive 

The bliss wherein through Christ they live ; 

But all your heaven, ye glorious powers. 

And all vour God, is doublv ours ! 



^7'i THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 

THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 
I. 

O COME, thou radiant Morning Star, 
Again in human darkness shine ! 

Arise resplendent from afar ! 
Assert thy royalty divine ! 

Thy sway o'er all the earth maintain, 

And now begin thy glorious reign. 

Thy kingdom, Lord, we long to see : 
Thy sceptre o'er the nations shake ! 

To erect that final monarchy, 
Edom for thy possession take ; 

Take (for thou didst their ransom find) 

The purchased souls of all mankind. 

ISTow let thy chosen ones appear. 
And valiantly the truth maintain ! 

Dispread thy gracious kingdom here ; 
Fly on the rebel sons of men ! 

Seize them with faith divinely bold, 

And force the world into thy fold ! 



11. 

Rom. 12 



Let God, who comforts the distrest, 
Let Israel's Consolation hear ! 

Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request, 
And show thyself the Comforter ; 



THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 3/9 

And swell the unutterable groan, 

And breathe our wislies to the Throne ! 

We weep for those that weep below, 
And, burden'd for the afflicted, sigh ; 

The various form of human Avoe 
Excite our softest sympathy. 

Fill eveiy heart with mournful care, 

And draw out all our souls in prayer. 

We wrestle for the ruin'd race. 

By sin eternally undone, 
Unless thou magnify thy grace, 

And make thy richest mercy known. 
And make thy vanquish'd rebels find 
Pardon in Christ for all mankind. 

Father of everlasting Love, 

To every soul thy Son reveal. 
Our guilt and sufferings to remove. 

Our deep, origmal wound to heal, 
And bid the fiillen race arise, 
And turn our earth to Paradise. 



III. 

Chron. 2 : 6, 41. 



Jestj, the word of 

And let it swiftly run; 
And let the priests themselves believe, 

And put salvation on. 



380 THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 

Clothed with the Spirit of Holiness, 
May all thy people prove 

The plenitude of gospel grace, 
The 'joy of perfect love. 

Jesus, let all thy lovers shine 

Illustrious as the sun ; 
And, bright with borrow'd rays divine, 

Their glorious circuit run : 

Beyond the reach of mortals, si3read 
Their light where'er they go; 

And heavenly influences shed 
On all the world below. 

As giants may they run their race, 

Exulting in their might ; 
As burning luminaries, chase 

The gloom of hellish night : 

As the bright Sun of Righteousness, 
Their healing wings display ; 

And let their lustre still increase 
Unto the perfect day. 



IV. 

Luke 12 : 49. i Kings 18 : 44. 

See how great a flame aspires. 
Kindled by a spark of grace ! 

Jesu's love the nations fires. 
Sets the kingdoms on a blaze 



THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 381 

To bring fire on earth he came ; 

Kindled in some hearts it is : 
O that all might catch the flame, 

All 2^artake the glorious bliss ! 

When he first the T^'ork begun, 

Small and feeble ^'as his day : 
Xow the word doth swiftly run, 

Xow it wins its widening way : 
More and more it spreads and grows, 

Ever mighty to prevail ; 
Sin's strongholds it now o'erthrows, 

Shakes the trembling gates of hell. 

Sons of God, your Saviour praise ! 

He the door hath open'd wide; 
He hath given the word of grace, 

Jesu's word is glorified : 
Jesus, mighty to redeem, 

He alone the work hath wrought ; 
\Yorthy is the work of Him, 

Him who spake a world from naught. 

Saw ye not the cloud arise, 
Little as a human hand? 

Xow it spreads along the skies, 
Haugs o'er all the thirsty land : 

Lo ! the promise of a shower 
DrojDS already from above ; 

But the Lord will shortly pom- 
All the Spirit of his Love I 



382 THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 

V. 

Isaiah 9 : 2-5. 

The people that in darkness lay, 

The confines of eternal night, 
We, we have seen a gospel day, 

The glorious beams of heavenly light ; 
His Spirit in our hearts hath shone, 
And show'd the Father in the Son. 

Father of everlasting grace. 

Thou hast in us thy arm reveal' d. 

Hast multiplied the faithful race, 

Who, conscious of their pardon seal'd, 

Of joy unspeakable possest, 

Anticipate their heavenly rest. 

In tears who sow'd, in joy we reap. 
And praise thy goodness all day long ; 

Him in our eye of faith we keep. 
Who gives us our triumphal song. 

And doth his spoils to all divide, 

A lot among the sanctified. 

Thou hast our bonds in sunder broke, 
Took all our load of guilt away ; 

From sin, the world, and Satan's yoke, 
(Like Israel saved in Midian's day,) 

Redeem'd us by our conquering Lord, 

Our Gideon, and his Spirit's sword. 

ISIot like the warring sons of men. 

With shouts, and garments roll'd in blood, 



THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 383 

Our CaptaiQ doth the fight maintain ; 
But, lo ! the burning Spirit of God 
Kindles in each a secret fire ; 
And all our sins as smoke expire. 



VI. 

Isaiah 8 



Come, divine Immanuel, come, 
Take possession of thy home ; 
Now thy mercy's wings expand, 
Stretch throughout the happy land. 

Carry on thy victory. 
Spread thy rule from sea to sea ; 
Re-convert the ransom'd race. 
Save us, save us. Lord, by grace I 

Take the purchase of thy blood. 
Bring us to a pardoning God ; 
Give us eyes to see our day. 
Hearts the glorious truth to obey. 

Ears to hear the gospel sound, 
Grace doth more than sin abound, 
God appeased and man forgiven. 
Peace on earth, and joy in heaven. 

O that every soul might be 
Suddenly subdued to thee ; 
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3^4 FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS. 

O that all in thee might know 
Everlasting life below! 

Now thy mercy's wings expand, 
Stretch throughout the happy land; 
Take possession of thy home ; 
Come, divine Immanuel, come ! 



FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS. 

Almighty God of Love, 

Set up the attracting sign, 
And summon whom thou dost approve 

For messengers divine : 
From favour'd Abraham's Seed 

The new Apostles choose. 
In isles and continents to spread 

The dead-reviving news. 

Them, snatch'd out of the flame, 

Through every nation send, 
The true Messiah to proclaim. 

The universal Friend ; 
That all the God unknown 

May learn of Jews to adore. 
And see thy glory in thy Son, 

Till time shall be no more. 

O that the chosen band 

Mio-ht now their brethren brino* 



FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS. 385 

And, gather'd out of every land, 

Present to Sion's King ! 
Of all the ancient race, 

ISTot one be left behind ; 
But each, impell'd by secret grace. 

His way to Canaan find. 

We know it must be done, 

For God hath spoke the word: 
All Israel shall the Saviour own, 

To their first state restored, 
liebuilt by his command, 

Jerusalem shall rise ; 
Her temple on Moriali stand 

Again, and touch the skies. 

Send then thy servants forth. 

To call the Hebrews home ; 
From East, and West, and South, and North, 

Let all the wanderers come : 
Where'er in lands unknown 

The fugitives remain. 
Bid every creature hel]^ them on, 

The Holy Mount to gain. 

An offering to their Lord, 

There let them all be seen, 
Sprinkled with water and with blood. 

In soul and body clean. 
With Israel's myriads seal'd. 

Let all the nations meet, 
And show the mystery fulfill'd, 

The family complete ! 



PART XI 



Ktxt^ ^0£trg. 



PART THE ELEVENTH. 

MORNING HYMN. 
I. 

■' See the Day-Spring from afar, 
Usher'd by the Morning Star !" 
Haste ; to Him who sends the light, 
Hallow the remains of night. 

Souls, put on your glorious dress, 
Waking into righteousness ; 
Clothed with Christ, aspire to shine, 
Kadiance he of light divine ; 

Beam of the eternal beam, 
He in God, and God in him ! 
Strive we him in us to see. 
Transcript of the Deity. 

Burst we then the bands of death, 
Rais'd by his all-quick'ning breath; 
Long we to be loos'd from earth, 
Struggle into second birth. 



390 MORNING HYMN. 

Spent at length in nature's night ; 
Christ attends to give us light, 
Christ attends himself to give ; 
God we now may see and live. 

Though the outward man decay, 
Form'd within us day by day, 
Still the inner man we view, 
Christ creating all things new. 

Thou the Life, the Truth, the Way, 
Suffer us no more to stray; 
Give ns. Lord, and ever give. 
Thee to know, in thee to live. 



II. 

Psalm 31 : 16. Psalm 63 : i. Prov. 4:18. 

Cheist, whose glory fills the sky, 
Christ, the true, the only Light; 

Sun of Righteousness, arise. 

Triumph o'er the shades of night ; 

Day-Spring from on high, draw near, 

Day-Star in our hearts appear. 

O disclose thy lovely face ; 

Quicken all my drooping powers: 
Gasps my fainting soul for grace, 

As a thirsty land for showers : 
Haste, my Lord, no more delay, 
Come, my Saviour, come away. 



MORNING HYMN. 39 1 

Dark and cheerless is the morn, 

Unaccompanied by thee; 
Joyless is the day's return, 

Till thy mercy's beams I see ; 
Till thou inward light impart, 
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart. 

Visit, then, this soul of mine. 

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; 

Fill me. Radiancy Divine ; 
Scatter all my unbelief: 

More and more thyself display. 

Shining to the perfect day. 



III. 

Psalm 139 : 18. Isaiah 26 : 3. 

GiYEK and Guardian of my sleep. 
To praise thy name I wake: 

Still, Lord, thy helpless servant keep, 
For thine own mercy's sake. 

The blessing of another day 

I thankfully receive : 
O may I only thee obey. 

And to thy glory live ! 

Vouchsafe to keep my soul from sin, 

Its . cruel power suspend. 
Till all this strife and war within 

In perfect peace shall end. 



392 MORNING HYMN. 

Upon me lay thy mighty hand, 

My words and thoughts restram: 
Bow my whole soul to thy command, 
-I^OY let my faith be vain. 

Prisoner of hope, I wait the hour 
Which shall salvation bring ; 

When all I am shall own thy power, 
And call my Jesus King. 



IV. 

Psalm 130 : 6. i Cor. 15 : 34. Psalm 84 : 7. 

Fathee, to thee I lift mine eyes, 
My longing eyes and restless heart : 

Before the morning watch I rise. 

And wait to taste how good thou art. 

To obtain the grace I humbly claim, 

The saving power of Jesu's name. 

This slumber from my soul, O shake ! 

Warn by thy Spirit's inward call; 
Let me to righteousness awake. 

And pray that I no more may fall. 
Or give to sin or Satan place, 
But walk in all thy righteous ways. 

O would'st thou. Lord, thy servant guard, 
'Gainst every known or secret foe ; 

A mind for all assaults prepared, 
A sober, vigilant mind bestow, 



MORNING HYMN. 393 

Ever apprised of danger nigh, 

And when to fight, and when to flj. 

O never suffer me to sleep 

Secure within the verge of hell ; 

But still my watchful sj)irit keep 
In lowly awe and loving zeal ; 

And bless me with a godly fear, 

And plant that guardian-angel here ! 

Attended by the sacred dread, 

And wise from evil to depart, 
Let me from strength to strength proceed. 

And rise to purity of heart ; 
Through all the paths of duty move, 
From humble faith to perfect love. 



V. 

Psalm 17 : 15. 

Jesus, the all-restoring Word, 

My fallen spirit's hope, 
After thy lovely likeness. Lord, 

Ah ! when shall I wake up ? 

Thou, O my God, thou only art 
The Life, the Truth, the Way; 

Quicken my soul, instruct my heart. 
My sinking footsteps stay. 

Of all thou hast in earth below, 
In heaven above, to give, 



394 EVENING HYMN. 

Give me thy only love to know, 
In thee to walk and live. 

Fill me with all the life of love ; 

In mystic union join 
Me to thyself, and let me prove 

The fellowship divine. 

Open the intercom-se between 
My longing soul and thee, 

Never to be broke off again 
To all eternity. 



EVENING HYMN. 



Job 35 : lo. Job 23 : 15. Psalm 17 : 15. Rom. 9 : 28. 

Omis'ipeesent God! whose aid 

'No one ever ask'd in vain. 
Be this night about my bed. 

Every evil thought restrain: 
Lay thy hand upon my soul, 

God of my unguarded hours ! 
All my enemies control. 

Hell, and earth, and nature's powers. 

O thou jealous God ! come down, 

God of spotless purity; 
Claim, and seize me for thy own, 

Consecrate my heart to thee: 



EVENING HYMN. 395 

Under thy protection take ; 

Songs in the night season give ; 
Let me sleep to thee, and wake ; 

Let me die to thee, and live. 

Only tell me I am thine, 

And thou wilt not quit thy right ; 
Answer me in dreams divine. 

Dreams and visions of the night: 
Bid me even in sleep go on. 

Restlessly my God desire ; 
Mourn for God in every groan, 

God in every thought require. 

Loose me from the chains of sense, 

Set me from the body free ; 
Draw with stronger influence 

My unfetter'd soul to thee : 
In me. Lord, thyself reveal ; 

Fill me with a sweet surprise ; 
Let me thee, when waking, feel, 

Let me in thy image rise. 

Let me of thy life partake. 

Thy own holiness impart; 
O that I may sweetly wake. 

With my Saviour in my heart ! 
O that I may know thee mine ! 

O that I may thee receive ! 
Only live the life divine ! 

Only to thy glory live. 

Or if thou my soul require 
Ere I see the morning light, 



39^ EVENING HYMN. 

Grant me, Lord, my heart's desire 
Perfect me in love to-night ; 

Finish thy great work of love. 
Cut it short in righteousness ; 

Fit me for the realms above 

Change, and bid me die in peace. 



ir. 



joiisr, all ye ransom'd sons of grace, 

The holy joy prolong. 
And shout to the Redeemer's praise 

A solemn midnight song. 

Blessing, and thanks, and love, and might. 

Be to our Jesus given, 
"Who turns our darkness into light. 

Who turns our hell to heaven. 

Thither our faithful souls he leads, 

Thither he bids us rise, 
With crowns of joy upon our heads. 

To meet him in the skies. 



III. 



All praise to Him who dwells in bliss, 
Who made both day and night ; 

Whose throne is darkness, in the abyss 
Of uncreated liGfht! 



EVENING HYMN. 597 

Each thought and deed his piercmg eyes 

With strictest search survey ; 
The deepest shades no more disguise 

Than the full blaze of day. 

Whom thou dost guard, O king of kings, 

No evil shall molest : 
Under the shadow of thy wings 

Shall they securely rest. 

Thy angels shall around their beds 

Their constant stations keep ; 
Thy faith and trust shall shield their heads, 

For thou dost never sleep. 

May we, with calm and sweet repose. 

And heavenly thoughts refresh'd, 
Our eylids with the morn unclose. 

And bless, the Ever-bless'd. 



IV. 

Matt. 20 : 27, 28. Matt. 8 : 20. Isaiah 26 : 3, 4. 

How do thy mercies close me round ! 

For ever be thy name adored ; 
I blush in all things to abound : 

The servant is above his Lord ! 

Inured to poverty and pain, 

A suffering life my Master led : 

The Son of God, the Son of Man, 
He had not where to lay his head. 



39^ EVENING HYMN. 

But lo! a place he hath prepared 

For me, whom watchful angels keep : 

Yea, he himself becomes my guard; 

He smooths my bed, and gives me sleep. 

Jesus protects ; my fears, begone ! 

What can the Rock of Ages move? 
Safe in thy arms I lay me down, 

Thy everlasting arms of love. 

While thou art intimately nigh. 
Who, who shall violate my rest ? 

Sin, earth, and hell I now defy ; 
I lean upon my Saviour's breast. 

I rest beneath the Almighty's shade; 

My griefs expire, my troubles cease ; 
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stay'd, 

Wilt keep me still in perfect peace. 

Me for thine own thou lov'st to take. 

In time and in eternity: 
Thou never, never wilt forsake 

A helpless worm that trusts in thee. 

Wherefore in confidence I close 
My eyes, for thine are open still ; 

My spirit, lull'd in calm repose. 
Waits for the counsels of thy will. 

After thy likeness let me rise. 

If here thou will'st my longer stay ; 

Or close in mortal sleep mine eyes. 
To open them in endless day. 



A MIDNIGHT HYMN. 399 

A MIDNIGHT HYMN. 

Matt. 18 : 10. Jer. 31 : 15. 

Whex midnight shades the earth o'erspread, 
And veil the bosom, of the deep, 

Natm-e reclmes her weary head, 

And care respires, and sorrows sleep : 

My soul still aims at nobler rest, 

Aspiring to her Saviour's breast. 

Aid me, ye hovering spirits near, 

Angels and ministers of grace. 
Who ever, while joii guard us here. 

Behold your Heavenly Father's face ; 
Gently my raptured soul convey 
To regions of eternal day. 

Fain would I leave the world below. 
Of pain and sin the dark abode ; 

Where shadowy joy, or solid woe. 
Allures or tears me from my God ! 

Doubtful and insecure of bliss, 

Since faith alone confirms me his. 

Till then, to sorrow born, I sigh. 
And gasp and languish after home ! 

Upward I send my streaming eye. 
Expecting, till the Bridegroom come : 

Come quickly, Lord ! thy own receive ; 

Now let me see thy fiiifce, and live. 

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400 BIRTHDAY HYMN. 

Absent from thee, my exiled soul 
Deep in a fleshly dungeon groans : 

Around me clouds of darkness roll, 

And labouring silence speaks my moans 

Come quickly. Lord! thy face display, 

And look my darkness into day. 

Sorrow, and sin, and death are o'er. 
If thou reverse the creature's doom ; 

Sad Rachel weeps her loss no more. 
If thou, the God, the Saviour come : 

Of thee possess'd, in thee we prove 

The light, the life, the heaven of love. 



BIRTHDAY HYMN. 
I. 

Away with our fears ! the glad morning appears, 
When an heir of salvation was born! 

From Jehovah I came, for his glory I am. 
And to him I with singing return. 

No grievous alloy shall diminish the joy 

I to-day from my Maker receive: 
'Tis my duty 'to praise his unspeakable grace, 

And, exulting in Jesus, to live. 

Thee, Je*sus, alone, the fountain I own. 

Of my life and felicity here : 
And cheerfully sing, my Redeemer and King, 

Till his sign in the heavens appear. 



BIRTHDAY HYMN. 401 

With thanks I rejoice in thy fatherly choice 

Of my state and condition below : 
If of parents I came who honor'd thy name, 
'Twas thy wisdom appointed it so. 

I sing of thy grace, from my earliest days, 

Ever near to allure and defend; 
Hitherto hast thou been my preserver from sm, 

And I trust thou wilt save to the end. 

O the infinite cares, and temptations, and snares, 
Thy hand hath conducted me through! 

O the blessings bestow'd by a bountiful God, 
And the mercies eternally new! 

What a mercy is this ; what a heaven of bliss ; 

How unspeakably happy am I ! 
Gather'd into thy fold, with thy people eurolFd, 

With thy people to live and to die ! 

How rich in the friends thy provideuce sends, 

To help my infirmity on ! 
What a number I see who could sufier for me. 

And ransom my life with their own ! 

O the goodness of God, m employing a clod. 

His tribute of glory to raise ; 
His standard to bear, and with triumph declare 

His unspeakable riches of grace ! 

O the fathomless love that has deign'd to ap- 
prove, 

And prosper the work of my hands ! 
With my pastoral crook, I went over the brook, 

And behold I am spread into bands ! 



402 BIRTHDAY HYMN. 

Who, I ask ill amaze, hath begotten me these? 

And inquire from what quarter they came ; 
My full heart it replies, they are born from the 
skies, 

And gives glory to God and the Lamb. 

All honour and praise to the Father of grace, 

To the Spirit and Son, I return ! 
The business pursue he hath made me to do. 

And rejoice that I ever was born. 

In a rapture of joy my life I employ, 

The God of my life to proclaim ; 
'Tis worth living for this, to administer bliss, 

And salvation in Jesus's name. 

My remnant of days I spend in his praise, 
Who died the whole world to redeem : 

Be they many or few, my days are his due, 
And they all are devoted to him. 



IT. 



Fount Alls' of life and all my joy, 
Jesus, thy mercies I embrace ; 

The breath thou giv'st, for thee employ, 
And wait to taste thy perfect grace ; 

No more forsaken and forlorn, 

I bless the day that I Avas born! 



BIRTHDAY HYMN. 403 

Since first I felt by grace remoTed 

My sill's intolerable load, 
Long in the wilderness I roved, 

And groan'd to live without my God ; 
I cannot now as helpless mourn. 
But bless the day that I was born. 

The tyranny of sin is past. 

And though the carnal mind remains. 
My guiltless soul on thee is cast, 

I neither hug nor bite my chains; 
Prisoner of hope, to thee I turn. 
And bless the day that I was born. 

Preserved through faith, by power divine, 

A miracle of grace I stand ! 
I prove the strength of Jesus mine I 

Jesus, upheld by thy right hand. 
Though in my flesh I feel the thorn, 
I bless the day that I was born. 

Weary of life, through inbred sin, 
I was, but now defy its power : 

When as a flood the foe comes in, 
My soul is more than conqueror : 

I tread him down with holy scorn, 

And bless the day that I Avas born. 

Born from above, I soon shall praise 
Thy goodness with a thankful tongue. 

Record the victory of thy grace. 

And teach a listening world the song, 

While many whom to thee I turn 

■Shall bless the day that I was born. 



404 BIRTHDAY HYMN. 

Come, Lord, and make me pm^e within, 
And let me now be fiU'd with God! 

Live to declare I'm saved from sin : 
And if I seal the truth with blood. 

My soul, from out the body torn, 

Shall bless the day that I was born! 



in. 



God of my life, to thee 
My cheerful soul I raise! 

Thy goodness bade me be. 
And still prolongs my days ; 

I see my natal hour return, 

And bless the day that I was born. 

A clod of living earth, 

I glorify thy name. 
From whom alone my birth. 

And all my blessings, came ; 
Creating and preserving grace. 
Let all that is within me praise. 

Long as I live beneath, 

To thee O let me live ! 
To thee my every breath 

In thanks and praises give! 
Whate'er I have, whate'er I am, 
Shall magnify my Maker's name. 

3Iy soul, and all its powers, 
Thine, only thine, shall be; 



BIRTHDAY HYMN. . 40: 

All, all my liaj^py hours 

I consecrate to thee : 
Me to thine image now restore, 
And I shall praise thee evermore. 

I wait thy will to do, 

As angels do in heaven; 
In Christ a creature new. 

Most graciously forgiven, 
I wait thy perfect will to prove, 
All sanctified by spotless love. 

Then, when the work is done. 
The work of faith with power. 

Receive thy favour'd son. 
In death's triumphant hour ; 

Like Moses to thyself convey. 

And kiss my raptured soul away. 



IV. 



Come away to the skies, 

My beloved, arise, 
And rejoice on the day thou wast born 

On the festival day. 

Come exulting away. 
To thy heavenly country return. 

We have laid up our love 
And treasure above. 
Though our bodies continue below ; 



4o6 BIRTHDAY HYMN. 

The redeem' cl of the Lord, 
We remembeT his word, 
And with singing to Sion we go. 

With thanks we approve 
The design of the love 

Which hath join'd ns in Jesus's name, 
So united in heart 
That we never can part, 

Till we meet at the feast of the Lamb. 

There, there at his feet 
We shall suddenly meet. 

And be parted in body no more ; 
We shall sing to our lyres, 
With the heavenly choirs. 

And our Saviour in glory adore. 

Hallelujah we sing- 
To our Father and King, 

And his rapturous praises repeat; 
To the Lamb that was slain. 
Hallelujah again 

Sing all heaven, and fall at his feet. 

Li assurance of hope 
We to Jesus look up, 

Till his banner unfiirl'd in the air 

From our graves we both sec, 
And cry out. It is He ; 

And fly uj) to acknowledge him there I 



FOR WHIT-SUNDAY. ^07 

FOR WHIT-SUNDAY. 

Rom. 8:16. I Cor. 2:12. i Cor, 12:3. John 20 : 28. 
I. 

Spirit of Faith, come down, 

Reveal the things of God; 
And make to us the Godhead known, 

And witness with the blood : 
'Tis thine the blood to apply, 

And give ns eyes to see ; 
Who did for every sinner die, 

Hath surely died for me. 

jSTo man can truly say 

That Jesus is the Lord, 
Unless thou take the veil away, 

And breathe the living word : 
Then, only then, we feel 

Our interest in his blood, 
And cry, with joy unspeakable, 

" Thou art my Lord, my God !" 

O that the Avorld might know 

The all-atoning Lamb ! 
Spirit of faith ! descend, and show 

The virtue of his name : 
The grace which all may find, 

The saving power, impart ; 
And testify to all mankind. 

And speak in every heart. 



408 FOR WHIT-SUNDAY. 

Inspire the living faith, 

Which whosoe'er receives, 
The vsdtness in himself he hath. 

And consciously believes ; 
The faith that conquers all, 

And doth the mountain move, 
And saves whoe'er on Jesus call. 

And perfects them in love. 



II. 



Father of everlasting grace. 

Thy goodness and thy truth we praise. 

Thy goodness and thy truth we prove : 
Thou hast, in honour of thy Son, 
The gift unspeakable sent down. 

The Spirit of life, and power, and love. 

Send us the Spirit of thy Son, 

To make the depths of Godhead known, 

To make us share the life divine : 
Send him the sprinkled blood to apply. 
Send him our souls to sanctify, 

And show and seal us ever thine. 

So shall we pray, and never cease ; 
So shall we thankfully confess 

Thy wisdom, truth, and power, and love; 
With joy unspeakable adore. 
And bless and praise thee evermore, 

And serve thee as thy hosts above : 



THE DAY OF PENTECOST. 409 

Till, added to that heavenly choir, 
We raise our songs of triumph higher, 

And praise thee in a bolder strain. 
Out-soar the first-born seraph's flight. 
And sing, with all our friends in light, 

Thy everlasting love to man. 



THE DAY OF PENTECOST. 

Acts 2 : I, 4. 

Co3iE, Holy Spirit, raise our songs. 
To reach the wonders of the day, 

When with the fiery cloven tongues 

Thou didst those glorious scenes dis2:)lay. 

O 'twas a most auspicious hour, 
Season of grace and sweet delight, 

When thou didst come with mighty power, 
And light of truth divinely bright. 

By this the blest disciples knew 

Their risen Head had enter'd heaven. 

Had now obtain'd the promise due. 
Fully by God the Father given. 

Lord, we believe to us and ours 

The apostolic promise given; 
We wait the pentecostal powers. 

The Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. 

Ah! leave us not to mourn below. 
Or long for thy return to pine ; 



41 THE NEW YEAR. 

ISTow, Lord, the Comforter bestow, 
And fix in ns the guest divine. 

Assembled here with one accord. 
Calmly we wait the promised grace, 

The pm'chase of our dying Lord: 

Come, Holy Ghost, and fill tho place. 

If every one that asks may find. 
If still thou dost on sinners fall. 

Come as a mighty rushing Avind ; 
Great grace be noAv upon us all. 

Behold, to thee our souls aspire, 
And languish thy descent to meet; 

Kindle in each the living fire. 
And fix in every heart thy seat. 



THE NEW YEAR. 
I. 

Sing to the Great Jehovah's praise ! 

All praise to him belongs : 
Who kindly lengthens out our days, 

Demands our choicest songs. 

His providence hath brought us through 

Another various year ; 
We all, with vows and anthems new. 

Before our God appear. 



THE NEW YEAR. 41 I 

Father, tliy mercies past we own, 

Thy still continued care ; 
To thee presenting, through thy Son, 

What e'er we have or are. 

Our lips and lives shall gladly show 

The wonders of thy love, 
While on in Jesu's steps we go 

To see thy face above. 

Our residue of days or hours 

Thine, wholly thine, shall be ; 
And all our consecrated powers 

A sacrifice to thee : 

Till Jesus in the clouds appear 

To saints on earth forgiven. 
And bring the grand sabbatic year, 

The Jubilee of heaven. 



II. 



WiSDOii ascribe, and might, and praise, 
To God, who lengthens out our days ; 
Who spares us yet another year. 
And makes us see his goodness here : 
O may we all the time redeem, 
And henceforth live and die to Him ! 

How often, when his arm was bared. 
Hath he our sinful Israel spared! 



412 THE NEW YEAR. 

"Let me alone," his mercy cried, 
And turn'd the vengeful bolt aside ; 
Indulged another kind reprieve, 
And strangely sufFer'd us to live. 

Merciful God, how shall we raise 
Our hearts to pay thee all thy praise 
Our hearts shall beat for thee alone ; 
Our lives shall make thy goodness known 
Our souls and bodies shall be thine, 
A living sacrifice divine. 



III. 



Come, let us anew Our journey pursue, 

Roll round with the year. 
And never stand still till the Master appear. 

His adorable will Let us gladly fulfil, 

And our talents improve. 
By the patience of hope, and the labour of love 

Our life is a dream; Our time, as a stream, 

Glides swiftly away ; 
And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. 

The arrow is flown ; The moment is gone ; 
The millennial year 
I Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. 



INFANT BAPTISM. 413 

that each in the clay Of his coming may say, 

" I have fought my Avay through ; 

1 have finish' cl the work thou didst give me to 

do." 



O that each from his Lord May receive the ghid 
word, 
" Well and faithfully done ; 
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne." 



INFANT BAPTISM. 
I. 

God of eternal truth and love, 

Vouchsafe the promised aid we claim, 

Thine own great ordinance approve. 
The child baptized into thy name . 

Partaker of thy nature make. 

And give him all thine image back. 

Father, if such thy sovereign will. 

If Jesus did the rite enjoin, 
Amiex thy hallowing Spirit's seal. 

And let the grace attend the sign ; 
The seed of endless life impart. 
Take for thine own this infant's heart. 

Answer on him thy wisdom's end, 
In present and eternal good ; 



414 INFANT BAPTISM. 

Whate'er thou didst for man intend, 



Wliate'er tbou hast on man bestow'd, 
ISTow to this favour' d child be given, 
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 

In presence of thy heavenly host, 
Thyself we faithfully require : 

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
By blood, by water, and by fire. 

And fill up all thy human shrine. 

And seal our souls for ever thine. 



II. 



LoED of all, with pure intent. 
From their tend'rest infancy, 

In thy temple we present 

Whom we first received from thee ; 

Through thy well-beloved Son, 

Ours acknowledged for thine own. 

Seal'd with the bajDtismal seal. 
Purchased by the atoning blood, 

Jesus, in our children dwell. 

Make their heart the house of God ; 

Fill thy consecrated shrine. 

Father, Son, and Spirit divine. 



FOR CHILDREN. 41 5 

FOR CHILDREN. 
I. 

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
To whom we for our children cry ; 

The good desired and wanted most. 
Out of thy richest grace supply ; 

The sacred discipline be given, 

To train and bring them up for heaven. 

Answer on them the end of all 

Our cares, and pains, and studies here ; 

On them, recover'd from their fall, 
Stamp'd with the humble character, 

Raised by the nurture of the Lord, 

To all their paradise restored. 

Error and ignorance remove. 

Their blindness both of heart and mind ; 
Give them the wisdom from above, 

Spotless, and peaceable, and kind; 
In knowledge pure their minds renew : 
And store with thoughts divinely true. 

Learning's redundant part and vain 
Be here cut off, and cast aside ; 

But let them. Lord, the substance gain, 
In every solid truth abide ; 

Swiftly acquire, and ne'er forego. 

The knowledo'e fit for man to know 



41 6 FOR CHILDREN. 

Unite the pair so long disjoin'd, 
Knowledge and vital Piety : 

Learning and Holiness combined, 

And Truth and Love, let all men see, 

Li those whom np to thee we give. 

Thine, wholly thine, to die and live. 

Father, accept them through thy Son, 
And ever by thy Spirit guide ! 

Thy wisdom in their lives be shown, 
Thy name confess'd and glorified ; 

Thy power and love diffused abroad, 

Till all the earth is fill'd with God. 



II. 



Captain of our salvation, take 

The souls Vv^e here present to thee. 

And fit for thy great service make 
These heirs of immortality ; 

And let them in thine image rise. 

And then transplant to Paradise. 

Unspotted from the world and pure. 
Preserve them for thy glorious cause, 

Accustom' d daily to endure 

The welcome burden of thy cross ; 

Liured to toil and patient pain. 

Till all thy perfect mind they gain. 

Our sons henceforth be wholly thine. 
And serve and love thee all their days ; 



ADULT BAPTISM. 417 

Infuse the principle divine 

In all who here expect thy grace ; 
Let each improve the grace bestow'd : 
Rise every child a man of God ! 

Train np thy hardy soldiers, Lord, 
In all their Captain's steps to tread ! 

Or send them to proclaim thy word. 

Thy gospel through the world to spread ; 

Freely as they receive to give, 

And |)i'each the death by which we live! 



ADULT BAPTISM. 
I. 

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Honour the means ordain'd by thee ! 

Make good our apostolic boast, 
And own thy glorious ministry. 

We now thy promised presence claim, 
Sent to disciple all mankind ; 

Sent to baptize into thy name. 

We now thy promised presence find. 

Father ! in these reveal thy Son : 

In these, for whom we seek thy face, 

The hidden mystery make known. 
The inward, pure, baptizing grace. 

Jesus ! with us thou always art : 
Effectuate now the sacred sio-n : 



4-1 8 ADULT BAPTISM. 

The gift unspeakable impart, 
And bless the ordinance divine. 

Eternal Spirit! descend from high, 
Baptizer of our spirits thou ! 

The sacramental seal apply, 

And witness with the water now 1 

O that the souls baptized therein 
May now thy truth and mercy feel ; 

May rise, and wash away their sin ! 
Come, Holy Ghost, their pardon seal ! 



11. 



Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

In solemn power come down! 
Present with thy heavenly host^ 

Thine ordinance to crown : 
See a sinful worm of earth ! 

Bless to him the cleansing flood ! 
Plunge him by a second birth. 

Into the depths of God. 

Let the promised inward grace 

Accompany the sign; 
On his new-born soul impress 

The character divine I 
Father, all thy name reveal ! 

Jesus, all thy name impart ! 
Holy Ghost, renew and dwell 

For ever in his heart ! 



ON THE DEATH OF A WIDOW. 419 

ON THE DEATH OF A WIDOW. 

Tim. 5 : 5. 

Give glory to Jesus our Head, 

With all that encompass his throne ! 
A widoAV, a widow indeed, 

A mother in Israel is gone ! 
The winter of trouble is past ; 

The storms of affliction are o'er : 
Her struggle is ended at last, 

And sorrow and death are no more. 

The soul hath o'ertaken her mate. 

And caught him again in the sky : 
Advanced to her happy estate, 

And pleasure that never shall die : 
Where glorified spirits, by sight. 

Converse in their holy abode. 
As stars in the firmament bright, 

And pure as the angels of God. 

O Heaven ! what a triumph is there ! 

Where all in his praises agree ; 
His beautiful character bear. 

And shine with the glory they see: 
The glory of God and the Lamb 

( While all in the ecstasy join ) 
Darts into tlieir sj^iritual frame, 

And gives the enjoyment divine. 

In loud hallelujahs they sing, 
And harmony echoes his praise ; 



420 THE EVANGELIST'S PRAYER. 

When lo ! the celestial King 
Pours out the full light of his face : 

The joy neither angel nor saint 
Can bear, so ineffably great : 

But, lo ! the whole company faint, 
And heaven is found — at his feet. 



THE EVANGELIST'S PRAYER. 

Psalm 69 : 9. Zech.3 : 2. 2 Cor. 12 : 15. John 10 : n. 

Give me the faith which can remove 
And sink the mountain to a plain ; 

Give me the childlike praying love, 

Which longs to build thy house again ; 

Thy love let it my heart o'erpower. 

And all my simple soul devour. 

I want an even, strong desire, 
I want a calmly-fervent zeal. 

To save poor souls out of the fire. 

To snatch them from the verge of hell, 

And turn them to a pardoning God, 

And quench the brands in Jesu's blood. 

I would the precious time redeem. 
And longer live for this alone, 

To spend, and to be spent, for them 
Who have not yet my Saviour known ; 

Fully on these my mission prove. 

And only breathe, to breathe thy love. 



DAILY DUTIES. 42I 

My talents, gifts, and graces, Lord, 

Into thy blessed hands receive ; 
And let me live to preach thy word ; 

And let me to thy glory live ; 
My every sacred moment spend 
In publishing the Sinner's Friend. 

Enlarge, inflame, and fill my heart 

With boundless charity divine ! 
So shall I all my strength exert. 

And love them Avith a zeal like thine ; 
And lead them to thy open side. 
The sheep for whom their Shei^herd died. 



DAILY DUTIES. 



Col. 



SuzMiiox'D my labom' to renew, 
And glad to act my part. 

Lord, in thy name my work I do, 
And with a single heart. 

End of my every action thou, 

Li all things thee I see : 
Accept my hallow'd labour now ; 

I do it unto thee. 

Whate'er the Father views as thine, 
He views Avith gracious eyes ; 



422 DAILY DUTIES. • • 

Jesus, this mean oblation join 
To thy great Sacrifice. 

Stamp' d with an infinite desert, 
My work he then shall own ; 

Well pleas'd with me, when mine thou art, 
And I his favour' d son. 



II. 



Soi^ of the Carpenter, receive 
This humble work of mine ; 

Worth to my meanest labour give 
By joining it to thine. 

Servant of all, to toil for man 
Thou didst not. Lord, refuse; 

Thy majesty did not disdain 
To be employ'd for us! 

Thy bright example I pursue. 
To thee in all things rise ; 

And all I think, or speak, or do. 
Is one great sacrifice. 

Careless through outward cares I go, 

From all distraction free : 
My hands are but engaged below, 

3Iy heart is still with thee. 



DAILY DUTIES. 423 

O when wilt thou, my Life, appear? 

Then gladly will I cry, 
'Tis done, the work thou gav'st me here, 

'Tis finish'd, Lord — and die ! 



III. 

Psalm 104 : 23. Psalm 139 : 16. Rom. 12 : 2, Matt. 11 

Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go, 

My daily labour to pursue ; 
Thee, only thee, resolved to know. 

In all I think, or speak, or do. 

The task thy wisdom hath assign' d, 

O let me cheerfully fulfil! 
In all my works thy presence find. 

And prove thy acceptable will. 

Thee may I set at my right hand. 
Whose eyes my inmost substance see ; 

And labour on at thy command. 
And offer all my works to thee. 

Give me to bear thy easy yoke. 

And every moment Avatch and pray ; 

And still to things eternal look. 
And hasten to thy glorious day. 

For thee delightfnlly employ 

Whatever thy bounteous grace hath given 
And run my course with even joy, 

And closely walk with thee to heaven. 



424 GRACE BEFORE MEAT. 

GRACE BEFORE MEAT. 

Gen, 3 : 17. Rom. 8 : 21. 

Enslav'd to sense, to pleasure prone, 

Fond of created good : 
Father, our helplessness we own, 

And, trembling, taste our food. 

Trembling we taste ; for ah ! no more 
To thee the creatures lead : 

Changed, they exert a baneful power. 
And poison while they feed. 

Cursed for the sake of wretched man. 
They now engross him whole ; 

With pleasing force on earth detain, 
And sensualize his soul. 

Grov'ling on earth we still must lie, 
Till Christ the curse repeal : 

Till Christ, descending from on high, 
Infected nature heal. 

Come, then, our heavenly Adam, come, 
Thy healing influence give ; 

Hallow our food, reverse our doom, 
And bid us eat and live. 

The bondage of corruption break ; 

For this our spirits groan. 
Thy only will we fain would seek; 

O save us from our own : 



AT TABLE. 425 

Turn the full stream of nature's tide ; 

Let all our actions tend 
To thee, their source; thy love the guide, 

Thy glory be the end. 

Earth then a scale to heaven shall be ; 

Sense shall point out the road ; 
The creatures all shall lead to thee. 

And all we taste be God. 



AT TABLE. 

Fountain of all the good we see 
Streaming from heaven above, 

Saviour, our faith we act on thee. 
And exercise our love. 

'Tis not the outward food we eat 
Doth this new strength afford ; 

'Tis thou, whose presence makes it meat. 
Thou, the life-giving Word. 

Man doth not live by bread alone ; 

Whate'er thou wilt can feed : 
Thy power converts the bread to stone, 

And turns the stone to bread. 

Thou art our food, we taste thee now, 
Li thee we move and breathe ; 

Our bodies' only life art thou. 
And all beside is death. 



426 THE TRUE USE OF MUSIC. 

GRACE AFTER MEAT. 

Blest be the God, whose tender care 
Prevents his children's cry, 

Whose pity providently near, 
Doth all our wants supply. 

Blest be the God whose bounteous stori 
These cheering gifts imparts, 

Who veils in bread the secret power 
That feeds and glads our hearts. 

Fountain of blessings, source of good, 
To thee this strength we owe, 

Thou art the virtue of our food, 
Life of our life below. 

When shall our souls regain the skies. 
Thy heavenly sweetness prove, 

Where joys in all their fulness rise. 
And all our food is love ? 



THE TRUE USE OF MUSIC. 

I Cor. 14 : 15. 

Jesus, thou soul of all our joys, 
For whom we now lift up our voice, 

And all our strength exert. 
Vouchsafe the grace we humbly claim, 
Compose into a thankful frame, 

And tune thy people's heart. 



THE TRUE USE OF MUSIC. 427 

While in the heavenly ^vork Ave join, 
Thy gioiy be our whole design — 

Thy glory, not our own: 
Still let us keep our end in view, 
And still the pleasing task pursue, 

To please our God alone. 

The secret pride, the subtle sin, 
O let it never more steal in, 

To offend thy glorious eyes ; 
To desecrate our hallow'd strain, 
And make our solemn service vain, 

And mar our sacrifice. 

To magnify thy awful name. 

To spread the honours of the Lamb, 

Let us our voices raise ; 
Our souls and bodies' powers unite, 
Regardless of our own delight. 

And dead to human praise. 

Still let lis on our guard be found, 
And watch against the power of sound, 

With sacred jealousy ; 
Lest, haply, sense should damp our zeal, 
And music's charms bewitch and steal 

Our hearts away from thee. 

That hurrying strife far off remove, 
That noisy burst of selfish love. 

Which swells the formal song ; 
The joy from out our hearts arise, 
And speak and sparkle in our eyes, 

And vibrate on our toncrue. 



428 PUBLIC PRAYER. 

Thee let us praise, our cominon Lord, 
And sweetly join with one accord 

Thy goodness to proclaim: 
Jesus thyself in us reveal, 
And all our faculties shall feel 

Thy harmonizing name. 

With calmly-reverential joy, 
O let us all our lives employ 

In setting forth thy love : 
And raise in death our triumph higher, 
And sing, with all the heavenly choir. 

That endless sono- above ! 



PUBLIC PRAYER. 



Acts 3:1. 

Who Jesus our Example know. 
And his Apostles' footsteps trace. 

We gladly to the temple go, 
Frequent the consecrated jolace 

At every solemn hour of prayer, 

And meet the God of mercy there. 

His offering pure we call to mind. 
There, on the golden altar laid. 

Whose Godhead Avith the manhood joinM, 
For every soul atonement made ; 

And have whate'er we ask of God, 

Through faith in that all-saving blood. 



PUBLIC PRAYER. 429 

II. 

John 6 : 28. 

Holy Lamb, wlio thee confess, 
Followers of tliy lioliness, 
Thee they ever keep in view, 
Ever ask, " What shall we do '?" 
Govern' d by thy only will, 
All thy words we wonld fulfil. 
Would m all thy footsteps go, 
Walk as Jesus walk'd below. 

While thou didst on earth appear, 
Servant to thy servants here, 
Mindful of thy place above. 
All thy life was prayer and love. 
Such our whole employment be, 
Works of faith and charity ; 
Works of love on man besto^V'd, 
Secret intercourse with God, 

Early in the temple met, 
Let us still our Saviour greet ; 
Nightly to the mount repair, 
Join our praying Pattern there. 
There by wrestling faith obtain 
Power to work for God again ; 
Power his Lnage to retrieve. 
Power, like thee, our Lord, to live. 

Vessels, instruments of grace. 
Pass we thus our happy days 
'Twixt the mount and multitude, 
Doing or receiving good ; 



43° GREATNESS OF THE DEITY. 

Glad to pray and labour on, 
Till our earthly course is run, 
Till we, on the sacred tree, 
Bow the head and die like thee. 



GREATNESS OF THE DEITY. 

Job II : 7-9. 

Shall foolish, weak, short-sighted man 

Beyond archangels go, 
The great almighty God explain, 

Or to perfection know ? 
His attributes divinely soar 

Above the creature's sight, 
And prostrate seraphim adore 

The glorious Infinite. 

Jehovah's everlasting days, 

They cannot number'd be ; 
Incomprehensible the space 

Of thine immensity ; 
Thy wisdom's depths by reason's line 

In vain we strive to sound. 
Or stretch our lab'ring thought to assign 

Omnipotence a bound. 

The brightness of thy glories leaves 

Description far below ; 
ISTor man, nor angel's heart conceives 

How deep thy mercies flow : 
Thy love is most unsearchable, 

And dazzles all above ; 
They gaze, but cannot count or tell 

The treasures of thy love ! 



IN A STORM AT SEA. 43 1 

IN A STORM AT SEA 

Psalm 93 : 3, 4. Matt. 8 : 27. Mark 4 : 39. 

Gloet to Thee whose powerful word 
Bids the tempestuous winds arise ! 

Glory to thee, the sovereign Lord 

Of air, and earth, and sea, and skies ! 

Let air, and earth, and skies, obey, 
And seas thine awful will perform: 

From them we learn to own thy sway, 
And shout to meet the gath'ring storm. 

What though the floods lift up their voice, 
Thou hearest. Lord, our louder cry; 

They cannot damp thy children's joys, 
Or shake the soul when God is nigh. 

Headlong we cleave the yawning deep, 
And back to highest heaven are borne, 

Unmoved, though rapid whirlwinds sweep 
And all the wat'ry world upturn. 

Roar on, ye waves! our souls defy 
Your roaring to disturb our rest; 

In vain to impair the calm ye try, 
The calm in a believer's breast. 

Rage, while our faith the Saviour tries, 

Thou sea, the servant of his will ; 

Rise, while our God permits thee rise, 

' But Ml when he shall say. Be still! 

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PART XII 



Sarr^b ^0i^trj|* 



PART THE TWELFTH. 

A LITANY H Y M N . 

" By the mystery of thy holy incarnation ; by thy holy nativity and cir- 
cumcision ; by thy baptism, fasting, and temptation ; by thine agony and 
bloody sweat; by thy cross and passion; by thy precious death and bur- 
ial ; by thy glorious resurrection and ascension ; and by the coming of 
the Holy Ghost ; good Lord deliver us."— Boos: of Co^raox Prater. 

Jesus, show iis thy salvation, 

(In thy strength we strive with thee,) 
By thy mystic incarnation, 

By thy pure nativity ; 
Save us thou, our new Creator, 

Into all our souls imjoart 
Thy divine, imsinning nature, 

Form thyself within our heart. 

By thy first blood-shedding heal us, 

Cut us off from every sin ; 
By thy circumcision seal us, 

Write thv law of love within ; 



436 A LITANY HYMN. 

By thy Spirit circumcise us, 
Kindle in our hearts a flame ; 

By thy baptism now baptize us 
Into all thy glorious name. 

By thy fasting and temptation, 

Mortify our vain desires. 
Take away Avhat sense or passion, 

Appetite or flesh, requires ; 
Arm us with thy self-denial, 

Every tempted soul defend, 
Save us in the fiery trial. 

Make us faithful to the end. 

By thy sorer suffrings save us, 

Save us when conform'd to thee ; 
By thy miseries relieve us. 

By thy painful agony : 
When beneath thy frown we languish, 

When we feel thine anger's weight. 
Save us by thine unknown anguish, 

Save us by thy bloody sweat. 

By that highest point of passion, 

By thy suff'ring on the tree, 
Save us from the indignation 

Due to all mankind and me : 
Hanging, bleeding, panting, dying. 

Gasping out thy latest breath, 
By thy precious death's applying. 

Save us from eternal death. 

From the world of care release us. 
By thy decent burial save, 



A LITANY HYMN. 437 

Crucified with thee, O Jesus, 

Hide us in thy quiet grave; 
By thy power divinely glorious, 

By thy resurrection's power. 
Raise us up o'er sin victorious. 

Raise us up to sin no more. 

By the pomp of thine ascending, 

Live we here to heaven restor'd, 
Live in pleasures never ending. 

Share the portion of our Lord ; 
Let us have our conversation 

With the blessed spirits above. 
Saved with all thy great salvation, 

Perfectly renewed in love. 

Glorious Head, triumphant Saviour, 

High enthroned above all height, 
We have now through thee found favour, 

Righteous in the Father's sight ; 
Hears he not thy prayer unceasing? 

Can he turn away thy face? 
Send us down the purchas'd blessing, 

Fulness of the gospel grace. 

By the coming of thy Spirit 

As a mighty rushing wind. 
Save us into all thy merit. 

Into all thy sinless mind ; 
Let the perfect grace be given, 

Let thy will in us be seen. 
Done on earth as 'tis in heaven. 

Lord, thy Spirit cries. Amen ! 



438 COMMUNION WITH A SAINT DEPARTED. 



COMMUNION WITH A SAINT DEPARTED. 

Ah ! my dear departed friend, 

Can I cease remembering thee ? 
Must our sacred friendship end 

With the life of misery? 
From the fleshly dungeon freed, 

Dead to all thou lovedst before ; 
Dead to me, entirely dead, 

Shall I clasp thy soul no more? 

Wherefore when we met below. 

Struck w^ith sympathy divine. 
Pleased its counterpart to know, 

Flew my soul to mix with thine ? 
Blazed the pure expanded flame. 

Such as burns in those above ; 
Love pervaded all my frame, 

Heavenly, everlasting love. 

Wing'd w^ith infinite desire. 

Wherefore doth my soul remain, 
If we all at death expire. 

If we ne'er must meet again ? 
Say, thou questionable shade. 

Once so intimately dear. 
Art thou far removed when dead? 

E'one on earth is half so near. 

Could the greedy grave devour 
One whom I this moment feel, 

Lured by some mysterious power 
To that world invisible? 



PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY. 439 

Surely now her bliss I share, 
Live her life which never dies : 

Yes, mj old companion there, 
Draws me after to the skies. 



PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY. 

Happy the souls that first believed, 
To Jesus and each other cleaved ; 
Join'd by the unction from above, 
In mystic fellowship of love. 

Meek, simple followers of the Lamb, 
They lived, and spake, and thought tlie same : 
They joyfully conspired to raise 
Their ceaseless sacrifice of praise. 

With grace abundantly endued, 
A pure, believing multitude. 
They all were of one heart and soul. 
And only love inspired the whole. 

O what an age of golden days ! 
O what a choice, peculiar race! 
Wash'd in the Lamb's all-cleansing blood. 
Anointed Kings and Priests to God ! 

Where shall I Avander now to find 
The successors they left behind? 
The faithful, whom I seek in vain. 
Are 'minished from the sons of men. 



440 PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY. 

Ye difFerent sects, who all declare, 
" Lo, here is Christ !" or, " Christ is there !" 
Your stronger proofs divinely give, 
And show me where the Christians live. 

Your claim, alas ! ye cannot ^^rove ; 
Ye want the genuine mark of love : 
Thou only, Lord, thine own canst show; 
For sure thou hast a church below. 

The gates of hell cannot prevail ; 
The church on earth can never fail : 
Ah! join me to thy secret ones! 
Ah ! gather all thy living stones ! 

Scatter'd o'er all the earth they lie, 
Till thou collect them with thine eye ; 
Draw by the music of thy N^ame, 
And charm into a beauteous frame. 

For this the pleading Spirit groans. 
And cries in all thy banish'd ones ; 
Greatest of gifts, thy love impart, 
And ]nake us of one mind and heart. 

Join every soul that looks to thee. 
In bonds of perfect charity ; 
Now, Lord, the glorious fulness give, 
And all in all for ever live ! 

Jesus, from whom all blessings flow, 
Great Builder of thy church below ; 
If now thy Spirit moves my breast. 
Hear, and fulfil thine own request! 



PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY. 44] 

The few that truly call thee Lord, 
And wait thy sanctifying word, 
And thee their utmost Sayiour own ; 
Unite and perfect them in one. 

O let them all thy mind express, 
Stand forth thy chosen witnesses : 
Thy power unto salvation show, 
And perfect holiness below. 

In them let all mankind behold 
How Christians lived in days of old; 
Mighty their envious foes to move, 
A proverb of reproach, and love. 

Call them into thy wondrous light, 
Worthy to walk with thee in white ! 
Make up thy jewels. Lord, and show 
The glorious, spotless church below ! 

From every sinful wrinkle free, 
Redeem'd from all iniquity. 
The fellowship of saints make known ; 
And, O my God, might I be one ! 

O might my lot be cast with these ; 
The least of Jesu's witnesses: 
O that my Lord would count me meet 
To wash his dear disciples' feet ! 

This only thing do I require : 

Thou know'st 'tis all my heart's desire, 

Freely what I receive to give, 

The servant of thy church to live : 



44-2 CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY. 

After my lowly Lord to go, 
And wait upon thy saints below ; 
Enjoy the grace to angels given, 
And serve the royal heirs of heaven. 

Lord, if I now thy drawings feel, 
And ask according to thy will. 
Confirm the prayer, the seal impart. 
And si3eak the answer to my heart. 

Tell me, or thou shalt never go, 
" Thy prayer is heard ; it shall be so !" 
The word hath past thy lips, and I 
Shall with thy people live and die. 



CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY. 

Weaey of all this wordy strife. 

These notions, forms, and modes, and names, 
To thee, the Way, the Truth, the Life, 

Whose love my simple heart inflames. 
Divinely taught, at last I fly. 
With thee and thine to live and die. 

Forth from the midst of Babel brought, 
Parties and sects I cast behind. 

Enlarged my heart and free my thought, 
Where'er the latent truth I find. 

The latent truth with joy to own. 

And bow to Jesu's name alone. 



CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY. 4^3 

Redeem'd by thine almighty grace, 

I taste my glorious liberty, 
With open arms the world to embrace, 

And cleave to those who cleave to thee ; 
But only in thy saints delight 
Who walk with God in purest light. 

One with the little flock I rest, 

The members sound who hold the Head, 

The chosen few with pardon blest. 
And by the anointing Spirit led 

Into the mind that was in thee. 

Into the depths of Deity. 

My brethren, friends, and kinsmen, these, 
Who do my heavenly Father's will; 

Who aim at perfect holiness, 
And all thy counsels to fulfil ; 

Athirst to be whate'er thou art, 

And love their God with all their heart. 

From these, howe'er in flesh disjoin'd. 
Where'er disj^ersed o'er earth abroad, 

Unfeign'd, unbounded love I find, 
And constant as the life of God : 

Fountain of life, from thence it sprung, 

As pure, as even, and as strong. 

Join'd to the hidden church unknown, 
In this sure bond of perfectness, 

Obscurely safe I dwell alone. 
And glory in the uniting grace, 

To me, to each believer given. 

To all thy saints in earth and heaven. 



Uf CONFESSION OF FAITH. 



CONFESSION OF FAITH. " 

The doctrine of our dying Lord, 

The faith he on Mount Calvary seal'd, 

We sign, and every steadfast word 
Within his testament reveal'd 

We firm believe; and curs'd be they 

Who add thereto or take away. 

And now before this awful crowd 
Of brethren militant on earth ! 

Before the first-born church of God, 
We hearty own the second birth : 

We constantly consent to this — 

Who hath not Christ is none of his. 

Also to blood we this maintain, 

That none are righteous ; no, not one, 

But those for whom the Lamb was slain, 
Who're justified by faith alone: 

And whoso in his name believes. 

Himself and all Christ hath receives. 

Our works and merits we disclaim. 
We trample on our righteousness; 

Our holiest actions we condemn. 

As dung and dross ; and this confess. 

They are but sand ; who builds thereon 

Denies and slights the Corner-Stone. 

No other doctrine dare we hear. 
But Christ alone our Saviour is: 



CONFESSION OF FAITH. 445 

To all beside we stop our ear, 

And slum as dangerous heresies : 
This truth to death we will proclaim — 
There is no Saviour but the Lamb ! 

He is the only Lord and God! 

The fulness of the Three in One ! 
His name, death, righteousness, and blood, 

Shall be our glory, this alone: 
His Godhead and his death shall be 
Our song to all eternity. 

On Llim we venture all we have, 
Our bodies, souls, and spirits too: 

None will we ask beside to save, 

ISTaught but the Saviour will we know : 

This we subscribe with heart and hand, 

Resolved through grace by this to stand. 

This now, with heaven's resplendent host, 
We echo through the church's bounds ; 

And 'midst the heathen make our boast 
Of our Redeemer's blood and wounds : 

And loud like many waters join 

To shout the Lamb, the Man divine! 

By this, our mark, will we be known 
Li heaven, and in the earth abroad — 

That every doctrine we disown. 
And every faith, and every God; 

But Christ Emmanuel, and that faith 

Which apprehends his blood and death. 



4-^6 FRIENDSHIP. 



FRIENDSHIP. 

Feiendship divine, thy praise I sing, 
Descendant of the heavenly King, 
Thou fairest of the angelic kind. 
Thou coj)y of the perfect Mind, 
Vouchsafe to mortals from above, 
To teach our hearts that God is love. 

Thee, thine ally, the heaven-born Muse, 
Throughout this lower world pursues. 
Thy lovely lineaments to trace. 
And point thee to our fallen race, 
If haply some thy charms may see. 
And Paradise regain in thee. 

But who on earth w^ith thee is blest ? 
Or where doth sacred Friendship rest ? 
Shall we to kings and courts repair ? 
Alas ! thy name alone is there ! 
Thou canst not dwell with guileful art, 
Or harbour in a selfish heart. 

Thou never didst the wicked join. 
Or cast thy pearls to dogs and swine; 
Howe'er they touch with lips profane. 
And take thy hallow' d name in vain: 
Who will not to their Maker bend. 
Who fear no God can love no friend. 

Seldom, alas! thy silken cord 
Hath bound a subject to his Lord ; 



FRIENDSHIP. 447 

For how should contraries be join'cl, 
A low with an imperious mind? 
Or two so distant in degree, 
Descend, arise, and meet in thee ? 

Falsely to thee the great pretend ; 
Not all their gold can buy a friend ; 
Who fancy thee their easy spoil. 
Attracted by a high-born smile ; 
Thou wilt not yield thy treasures up 
To crown their impudence of lioj^e. 

Thee to procure how fond their boast ! 
The beggars cannot bear the cost! 
'Nov icill the flatter'd worms submit, 
To lay their honours at thy feet. 
Give up their life in Friehdshi23's name, 
And sacrifice their dearer feme. 

Strangers to truth, how can it be 
That such should suffer it from thee ! 
And therefore banish'd from their sight 
Thou tak'st thine everlasting flight, 
ISTor stoop'st again to souls so mean. 
When pride has fix'd the gulf between. 

Far from the world thy calm retreat. 
The 7ieedy rich and vidgar great. 
Who mourn their impotence of power. 
And want relief amidst their store ; 
For thy support the wretches sigh. 
And pine in vain for love's supply. 



Poor is the man by slaves adored, 
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Of kneelino- worlds the friendless Lord 



4f8 THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 

The blessings of a friend to obtain, 
A thousand barter'd worlds were gain ; 
Yet none that blessing can l)estow, 
But He who died to save his foe ! 

That happy man whom Jesus loves, 
And with peculiar smiles approves. 
On him the angel shall descend, 
And God shall bless him with a friend ; 
To none but chosen vessels given. 
The highest favourites of heaven. 



THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 

Wfiat morn on thee with sweeter ray, 
Or brighter lustre, e'er hath shined ? 

Be bless' d the memorable day 

That gave thee Jesus Christ to find: 

Gave thee to taste his pard'ning grace, 

From death to life in him to pass ! 

O how diversified the scene. 

Since first that heart began to beat! 
Evil and few thy days have been ; 

In suffering and in comfort great ; 
Oft hast thou groaned beneath thy load, 
And sunk into the arms of God I 

Long did all hell its powers engage. 
And fiU'd thy darken'd soul with fears 

Bafiled at length the dragon's rage. 
At leugtli the atoning blood appears : 



. THE FORGIVEXESS OF SINS. 44.9 

Thy light is come, thy mourning's o'er, 
Look lip ; for thou shalt weep no more. 

Bless'd be the Xame that sets thee free, 
The Xame that sure salvation brings! 

The Sun of righteousness on thee 
Has rose, with healing in his wings : 

Away, let grief and sighmg flee ; 

Jesus liath died for thee — for thee ! 

And will he now forsake his own? 

Or lose the purchase of his blood ? 
Xo ! for he looks with pity down, 

He watches over thee for good ; 
Gracious he eyes thee from above. 
And guards and feeds thee with his love. 

Since thou Avast precious in his sight. 
How highly flivour'd hast thou been I 

Upborne by faith to glory's height. 

The Saviour God thine eyes have seen. 

Thine heart lias felt its sins forgiven. 

And tastes anticipated heaven. 



Is this the soul so late weighed doAvn 
By cares and sins, by griefs and pains ; 

Whither are all thy terrors gone ? 
Jesus for thee the vict'ry gains; 

And death, and sin, and Satan yield 

To faith's unconquerable shield. 

Bless'd be the God that calls thee home ; 
Faithful to thee his mercies prove ; 



450 RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

Through death's dark vale he bids thee come, 

And more than conquer through his love ; 
Robes thee in righteousness divine, 
And makes thy crown of glory shine. 



IN THE BEGINNING OF A RECOVERY 
FROM SICKNESS. 

Peace, fluttering soul ! the storm is o'er, 
Ended at last the doubtful strife : 

Respiring now, the cause explore. 
That bound thee to a wretched life. 

When on the margin of the grave. 
Why did I doubt my Saviour's art ? 

Ah ! why mistrust his will to save ? 

What meant that faltering of my heart ? 

'Twas not the searching pain within 
That fill'd my coward flesh with fear ; 

Nor conscience of uncancell'd sin ; 
Nor sense of dissolution near. 

Of hope I felt no joyful ground. 
The fruits of righteousness alone ; 

Naked of Christ my soul I found. 
And started from a God unknown. 

Corrupt my will, nor half subdued. 
Could I his purer presence bear ? 

Unchanged, unhallow'd, unrenew'd. 
Could I before his face appear ? 



AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 451 

Father of mercies hear my call ! 

Ere yet returns the fatal hour ; 
Repair my loss, retrieve my fall, 

And raise me by thy quick'niug power. 

My natm-e reexchange for thine; 

Be thou my life, my hoj^e, my gain ; 
Arm me in panoply divine, 

And death shall shake his dart in vain. 

When I thy promised Christ have seen, 
And clasp'd him in my soul's embrace, 

Possess'd of thy salvation, then — 
Then let me. Lord, depart in peace. 



AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

And live I yet by power divine ? 

And have I still my course to run ? 
Again brought back in its decline, 

The shadow of my setting sun ? 

Wond'ring I ask. Is this the breast. 
Struggling so late and torn with pain ! 

The eyes that upward look'd for rest, 
And dropp'd their weary lids again ; 

The recent horrors still appear: 
O may they never cease to awe ! 
. Still be the King of terrors near, 
Whom late in all his pomp I saw. 



452 AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

Torture and Sin prepared his way, 
And pointed to a yawning tomb; 

Darkness behind eclipsed the day, 

And check'd my forward hopes of home. 

My feeble flesh refused to bear 
Its strong redoubled agonies : 

When mercy heard my speechless prayer. 
And saw me faintly gasp for ease. 

Jesus to my deliverance flew, 

Where sunk in mortal pangs I lay ; 

Pale Death his ancient conqueror knew, 
And trembled, and ungrasp'd his prey ! 

The fever turn'd its backward course, 
Arrested by Almighty Power ; 

Sudden expired its fiery force, 

And anguish gnaw'd my side no more. 

God of my life, what just return 
Can sinful dust and ashes give ? 

I only live my sin to mourn. 
To love my God I only live ! 

To thee, benign and saving Power, 
I consecrate my lengthen'd days ; 

While mark'd with blessings, every hour 
Shall speak thy coextended praise. 

How shall I teach the world to love, 
Unchanged myself, unloosed my tongue ? 

Give me the power of faith to pro^e. 
And mercy shall be all my song. 



AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 453 

Be all my added life employ'd 

Thy image in my soul to see : 
Fill with thyself the mighty void ; 

Enlarge my heart to compass thee ! 

O give me, Saviour, give me more ! 

Thy mercies to my soul reveal : 
Alas ! I see their endless store. 

Yet O, I cannot, cannot feel ! 

The blessing of thy love bestow. 

For this my cries shall never fail; ' 

Wrestling, I will not let thee go, 
I will not, till my suit prevail. 

I'll weary thee with my complaint, 

Here at thy feet for ever lie, 
With longing sick, with groaning faint, 

O give me love, or else I die! 

Without this best, divinest grace, 

'Tis death, 'tis worse than death, to li\e ; 

'Tis hell to want thy blissful face. 

And saints in thee their heaven receive. 

Come then, my Hope, my Life, my Lord, 
And fix in me thy lasting home ! 

Be mindful of thy gracious word. 

Thou, with thy promised Father, come. 

Prepare and then possess my heart ; 

O take me, seize me from above ! 
Thee do I love, for God thou art ; 

Thee do I feel, for God is love ! 



454 OUR LORD'S ADDRESS TO PETER. 

OUR LORD'S ADDRESS TO PETER. 

John 21 : i8. 

When young, and full of sanguine hope, 

And warm in my first love, 
My spirit's loins I girded up, 

And sought the things above. 
Swift on the wings of active zeal 

With Jesu's message flew, 
O'erjoy'd with all my heart and will 

My Master's work to do. 

Freely where'er I would, I went 

Through wisdom's pleasant ways, 
Happy to spend and to be spent 

In minist'ring his grace : 
I found no want of will or power. 

In love's sweet task employ'd, 
And put forth every day and hour 

My utmost strength for God. 

As strong, and glorying in my might, 

I drew the two-edged sword, 
Valiant against a troop to fight 

The battles of the Lord ; 
I scorn'd the multitude to dread, 

Rusli'd on with full career. 
And aim'd at each opposer's head, 

And smote oiF many an ear. 

But now, enervated by age, 

I feel my fierceness gone. 
And nature's powers no more engage 

To prop the Saviour's throne : 



NAOMI AND RUTH. 45: 

My total impotence I see, 

For help on Jesus call, 
And stretch my feeble hands to tliee, 

Who workest all in all. 

Thy captive, Lord, myself I yield, 

As purely passive clay; 
Thy holy wiU be all fnlfiird, 

Constraining mine to obey : 
My passions by thy Spirit bind. 

And, govern'd by thy Avord,' 
I'll sufler all the woes design'd 

To make me like my Lord. 

Wholly at thy dispose I am, 

]^J'o longer at my own. 
All self-activity disclaim. 

And move in God alone : 
Transport, do what thou wilt with me, 

A few more evil days, 
But bear me safe through all to see 

My dear Redeemer's face. 



NAOMI AND RUTH.=^ 

TuEN again, my children, turn. 

Wherefore would you go with me ? 

O forbear, forbear to mourn, 
Jesus wills it so to be : 

Why, when God would have us part, 

Weep ye thus and break my heart ? 

* Adapted to Minister and People. 



45^ NAOMI AND RUTH. 

Go ill peace, my children, go, 
Only Jesii's steps pursue : 

lie shall pay the debt I owe, 
He shall kindly deal with you : 

He your sure reward shall be. 

Bless you for your love to me. 

Surely you have kindly dealt 
With the living and the dead ; 

You have oft my burden felt, 

When my tears were all my bread : 

Jesus lull you on his breast, 

Jesus give you endless rest ! 

Lo ! thy sister is gone back 
To her gods and people dear; 

Weeping soul, a wretch forsake. 

Why would'st thou my sorrows bear 

Turn, and let thy troubles cease ; 

Go, my child, and go in peace. 

O entreat me not to leave 

Thee, my faithful guide and friend; 

Let me to my father cleave, 
Let me hold thee to the end : 

Thy own child in Christ I am. 

Following thee as thou the Lamb. 

Never will I cease to mourn, 

Till my Lord thy tears shall dry, 

l^ever back from thee return, 
Never from my father fly: 

Do not ask me to depart. 

Do not break thy children's heart. 



PARENTAL SUFFERING. 457 

Where thou go'st I still will go, 
Thine shall "be my soul's abode ; 

Thine shall be my weal or woe, 
Thine my people and my God; 

Where thou diest, with joy will I 

Lay my weary head and die. 

There will I my buiial have, 

If it be the Master's will, 
Sleeping in a common grave, 

Till the quick'ning trump I feel, 
Call'd with thee to leave the tomb, 
Summon'd to our happy doom, 

God, do so to me, and more. 
If from thee, my Guide, I part ; 

Till the mortal pang is o'er, 
Will I hold thee in my heart ; 

And when I my breath resign, 

Then thou art for ever mine. 



PARENTAL SUFFERING. 

Faeewell, my all of earthly hope, 
My nature's stay, my age's prop, 

Irrevocably gone ! 
Submissive to the will divine, 
I acquiesce, and make it mine, 

I offer up my son. 

But give I God a sacrifice 
That costs me naught ? my gushing eyes 
The answer sad express, 



45B ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD. 

My gushing eyes, and troubled heart, 
Which bleeds with its beloved to part, 
Which breaks through fond excess. 

Yet since he from my heart is torn, 
Patient, resign' d, I calmly mourn 

The darling snatch' d away ; 
Father, with thee thy own I leave; 
Into thy mercy's arms receive, 

And keejD him to that day. 

Keep (for I nothing else desire) 
The bush unburnt amidst the fire, 

And freely I resign 
My child, for a few moments lent, 
(My child no longer,) I consent 

To see his face no more ! 

But hear my agonizing j^rayer, 
And O preserve him, and prepare 

To meet me in the skies. 
When thron'd in bliss the Lamb appears. 
Repairs my loss, and wipes the tears 

For ever from my eyes. 



ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD. 

2 Sam. 12 : 23. i Sam. 3 : 18. 

Wherefore should I make my moan, 
JSTow the darling child is dead? 

He to early rest is gone. 
He to paradise is fied: 



EPITAPH ON" AN INFANT. 459 

I shall go to liim, but he 
^ever shall return to me. 

God forbids his long^er stav, 

God recalls the precious loan, 
God hath taken him away 

From my bosom to his own ; 
Surely what he wills is best, 
Happy in his will I rest. 

Faith cries out, It is the Lord ! 

Let him do as seems him good ; 
Be thy holy name ador'd, 

Take the gift awhile bestow'd ; 
Take the child no longer mine, 
Thine he is, for ever thine. 



EPITAPH ON AN INFANT, 

Within this tomb an infant lies. 

To earth whose body lent. 
Hereafter shall more glorious rise. 

But not more innocent. 

When the archangel's trump shall blow 

And souls to bodies join, 
What crowds shall wish their lives belov/ 

Had been as short as thine ! 



4^0 ON A REMOVAL. 



ON A REMOVAL. 

The Son of man supplies 
My every outward need, 

Who had not, when he left tlie skies, 
A place to lay his head : 
He will provide my place, 
And in due season show 

Where I shall pass my few sad days 
Of pilgrimage below. 

1^0 matter where or how 
I in this desert live, 

If when my dying head I bow, 
Jesus my soul receive : 
Bless'd with thy precious love, 
Saviour, 'tis all my care. 

To reach the purchas'd house above, 
And find a mansion there. 

Saviour, I would not take 

One- step in life alone. 
Or dare the smallest motion make, 

Without thy counsel known : 

Thee I, my Lord, confess 

In every thing I see, 
And thou, by thine unerriug grace, 

Shalt order all for me. 

Surely thou wilt provide 

The place thou know'st I need, 



ON A REMOVAL. 46 1 

A solitary place to hide 

Thy hoary servant's head; 

Where for a few moments more, 

Expecting my release, 
I may my Father's God adore. 

And then depart in peace. 

What matters it to me, 

When a few days are past, 
Where I shall end my misery. 

Where I shall breathe my last? 

The meanest house or cot 

The hoary hairs may screen 
Of one who would be clean forgot. 

And live and die unseen. 

Exposed I long have been 

In this blealv vale of tears, 
'Midst scenes of vanity and sin. 

Consumed my threescore years : 

I turn my flice aside. 

Sick of beholdiug more, 
And wish the latest storm to outride, 

And reach the happy shore. 

As dead already here. 

Without desire or hope. 
Till from this earth I disappear, 

I give the creature up ; 

In temporal despair. 

Contentedly abide. 
And in my flesh the tokens bear 

Of Jesus crucified. 



462 FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISES. 

FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISES. 

Jer. 49 : 11. 

O THOU faithful God of love, 
Gladly I thy promise plead, 

Waiting for my last remove, 
Hast'ning to the happy dead: 

Lo! I cast on thee my care, 

Breathe my latest breath in prayer. 

Trusting in thy word alone, 
I to thee my children leave : 

Call my little ones thy own, 

Give them all thy blessings, give ; 

Keep them while on earth they breathe, 

Save their souls from endless death. 

Whom I to thy grace commend, 

Into thy embraces take ; 
Be her sure, immortal Friend, 

Save her, for my Saviour's sake ; 
Free from sin, frora sorroAV free, 
Let my widow trust in thee. 

Father of the fatherless. 

Husband of the widow, prove 

Me and mine persist to bless. 
Tell me we shall meet above ; 

Seal the promise on my heart, 

Bid me then in peace depart. 



ON THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER. 46; 



ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND. 

With poverty of spirit bless'd, 
Rest, happy saint, in Jesus rest ; 
A sinner saved, through grace forgiven, 
Redeem'd from earth to reign in heaven ! 
Thy labours of uuAvearied love. 
By thee forgot, are crown'd above; 
Crown'd, through the mercy of thy Lord, 
With a free, full, immense reward ! 



ON THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER.* 

In sure and certain hope to rise. 
And claim her mansion in the skies, 
A Christian here her flesh laid down. 
The cross exchanging for a croAvn. 

True daughter of affliction, she, 
Inured to pain and misery, 
Mourn'd a long night of griefs and fears, 
A legal night of seventy years. 

The Father then revealed his Son, 
Him in the broken bread made known : 
She knew and felt her sins forgiven. 
And found the earnest of her heaven. 

wife of the Rev. Samuel Wesley, Rector of Epworth, Lincolnshire. 

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464 PRAYER FOR FINAL SANCTIFICATION. 

Meet for the fellowship above, 
She heard the call, Arise, my love ! 
I come, her dying looks replied. 
And, lamb-like as her Lord, she died. 



IN PROSPECT OF HIS OWN DEATH. 

In" age and feebleness extreme. 
Who shall a sinful worm redeem ? 
Jesus, ray only hope thou art. 
Strength of my failing flesh and heart ; 
O could I catch a smile from thee, 
And drop into eternity ! 



PRAYER FOR FINAL SANCTIFICATION. 

Hos. 14 : 2. 

How long, how often, shall I pray, 

Take all iniquity away ; 

And give the plenitude of good. 

The blessing bought by Jesu's blood ; 

Concupiscence and pride remove. 

And fill me, Lord, with humble love. 

Again I take the words to me. 
Prescribed, and offer them to thee : 
Thy kingdom come, to root out sin, 
And perfect holiness bring in ; 
And swallow up my will in thine, 
And human chansre into divine. 



PRAYER FOR FINAL SANCTIEICATION. '465 

So shall I render thee thme own, 

And tell the wonders thou hast done, 

The power and faithfulness declare 

Of God, who hears and answers prayer ; 

Extol the riches of thy grace, 

And spend my latest breath in praise. 

O that the joyful hour was come. 
Which calls thy ready servant home, 
Unites me to the church above. 
Where angels chant the song of love. 
And saints eternally proclaim 
The glories of the heavenly Lamb ! 



THE PSALMS OF DAVID. 



SELECTIONS 



FROM A 



POETICAL VERSION 



P^alm^ 0f Jauid 



BY THE 



REV. CHARLES WESLEY, M.A. 



Is any merry ? Let him sing psalms." — St. James. 




NEW-YORK : 

D. APPLETON & CO., 443 BROADWAY 
1864. 



The Prophet David having singular knowledge, not in poetry alone, but 
in music also, judged them both to be things most necessary for the house of 
God ; left behind him, to that purpose, a number of divinely indited poems ; 
and was further the author of adding unto poetry melody in public prayer; 
melody, both vocal and instrumental, for the raising up of men's hearts, and 
the sweetening of their affections towards God. In which considerations, the 
Church of Christ doth likewise at this present day retain it, as an ornament 
to God's service, and an help to our own devotion. — They must have hearts 
very dry and tough, from whom the melody of psalms doth not some time 
draw that wherein a mind religiously affected delighteth. — HooTcer. 



INTRODUCTION.^' 



"I:^- celebrating the praises of David, the Son of 
Jesse, Jesus the Son of Sirach, an apocryphal ^Ti- 
ter, says : ' In all his works he praised the Holy One 
most high, with loords of glory : with his whole 
heart he sung songs, and loved Him that made him. 
He set singers also before the altars, that by their 
voices, they might make sweet melody, and daily 
sing praises in their songs. He beautified their 
feasts, and set in order their solemn tunes, until 
the end, that they might praise his holy name.' 
(Ecclus. 47 : 8-10.) The songs which David thus 
sung 'with his whole heart' have been handed 
down to us in the volume of divine inspiration, 
and notwithstanding they are characterized by ' as 
inany hearse-like airs as carols,' (to use the lan- 
guage of Lord Bacon, the great father of induc- 
tive philosophy, with reference to them,) yet they 

* A Poetical Yersion of the Psalms of David. By the Rev. Charles 
Wesley, M.A. Edited, with a brief introduction, by Henry Fish, 
M.A. .Second London Edition. 1834. 



VI INTRODUCTION. 

always have been favourites with those who could 
make 'melody in their hearts,' and understood the 
nature of experimental religion. And there can 
be no w^onder that the writings of one whose mind 
was so smooth and mollifying, whose soul so soon 
melted into his eyes, and whose bowels flowed with 
such full streams of compassion, should have pos- 
sessed so many charms. 

"It is well known, however, that the whole of 
the Psalms were not A^^ritten by David, though sev- 
eral of the Greek and Latin Fathers affirm they 
were ; and he is emphatically designated, * The sweet 
Psalmist of Israel.' (2 Sam. 23 : 1.) It is true, that 
most of them were written by him; yet Moses, and 
Asaph, and Ethan, and Heman, and the sons of 
Korah, and Solomon, and others, if we are to be 
guided by historical testimony, and the titles which 
are prefixed to some of them, shared, ' by the 
same Spirit,' in their composition." 

"The main subject of these sweet songs," says 
the wise and pious Jonathan Edwards, "are the 
glorious things of the Gospel: as it is evident, by 
the interpretation that is often put upon them, and 
the use that is made of them, in the New Testa- 
ment; no one book of the Old Testament being so 
often quoted in the New as the book of Psalms. 
It was used in the Church of Israel by God's ap- 
pointment. So David is called the sweet Psalmist 



INTRODUCTION. vil 

of Israel, because he penned Psalms for the use of 
the Church of Israel. Accordingly we have an ac- 
count (2 Chron. 29 : 30) of then- bemg so used 
ages after David was dead. TTe find, also, that 
they are appointed, in the Xew Testament, to he 
made use of in the Christian Church, in their wor- 
ship, ' speaking to yourselves in Psalms,' etc. (Eph. 
5 : 19:) and they have been, and to the end of 
the world will be, made use of in the Church, to 
celebrate the praises of God. 

''"The Book of Psalms, in its original form, is 
the most ancient collection of poems in the world. 
The occasions on which these sacred songs were 
composed are numerous; and the subjects to which 
they refer, and on which they enlarge and descant, 
are as diversified as are the truths embodied in the 
vdiole revelation of God, and are more interesting 
and important than any other which can engage 
the attention of the mind of man. 

"The insjoired muse of David, and of those who 
were associated with him, in furnishing canticles to 
the Church, has awakened the muse of many gifted 
with the genius of poetry. The Psalms have been 
translated, or imitated in verse, in a great number 
of languages. VTe have them in ' a short kind of 
Hebrew verse,' by Dr. Etheridge, Professor of Greek 
in the University of Oxford, during the reign of 
Elizabeth; m Greek verse, by Duport; in Latin, by 



vm INTRODUCTION. 

Plessus, the German Homer ; also by Buchanan and 
Johnston; in French, by Marot and Beza, and 
others ; in Italian, by Paschali ; and in Dutch, by 
Dathsenus. Besides these, we have metrical ver- 
sions in Welsh, Gaelic, and other languages too nu- 
merous to mention. But there is no language in 
which there are so many poetical versions of the 
Psalms, either in the form of professed translations 
or paraphrases, as in our own. The number is al- 
most incredible. It has been ascertained, that near- 
ly seventy versions of the entire Psalms, in metre, 
have been published since the Reformation dawned 
upon the world. And almost every kind of verse, 
regular and irregular, Pindaric and heroic, lyrical 
and blank, has been pressed into service by authors, 
as the taste of each directed, in order to make their 
versions attractive and impressive. Of these, the ver- 
sion by Sternhold and Hopkins, with all its defects, 
is the most literal; Tate and Brady's the most 
overloaded with finery ; Withers's the most harmoni- 
ously faithful; Merrick's the most measured and 
stately; and Watts's the most evangelical and pop- 
ular. 

"Great, however, as is the number of poetical 
versions of the whole Book of Psalms in our lan- 
guage, the number of partial versions ranging from 
one Psalm to fifty Psalms, or more, is far greater. 
Among these partial versions, Charles Wesley's 



INTRODUCTION. IX 

must be included. For although it contains nearly 

the whole, it is not complete ; nor is Doctor Watts's 
itself complete, although ranked among the entire 
versions. According to his 'Psalms of David imi- 
tated in the Language of the isew Testament,' the 
sixth edition, (1727,) twelve are wanting. The ver- 
sion of Charles Wesley's wants rather more than 
twice that number; and of some others tlie versions 
are imperfect. It includes the whole of the 'Pen- 
itential Psalms,' and the 'Psalms of Degrees,' as 
they have been designated ; four of the ' alphabetical 
Psalms,' and fragments of two others; but of the 
comminatory and historical Psalms tliere is no ver- 
sion. 

"The additional volume of metrical Psalms which 
is now given to the public is taken chiefly from a 
manuscript in the handwriting of the author, 
which undoubtedly at one period vras the property 
of Lady Huntingdon. It contains her book-plate 
vv'ith this inscription, ' Selina Countess Dowager of 
Huntingdon,' and the mference is, that it was pre- 
sented to her ladyship by its highly gifted author. 
To those vrho ask, as some have done, ' Where has 
this manuscript been sleeping so long, and what 
was its pillow ?' we answer, the shelves of a col- 
lege ; but what college shall be nameless; although 
the blading- of the manuscript clearly indicates 
from whence it came. From the archives of this 



X INTRODUCTION. 

college, along with duplicates of books, this man- 
uscript found its way into the London market ; 
and it is believed that neither the vendors nor the 
buyer knew what it was. It was under these cir- 
cumstances that the writer met with it; and he at 
once recognized the handwriting and was happy to 
gain possession of so valuable a treasure. 

"The metrical version of the Psalms which com- 
pose this volume is of a mixed character, consisting 
partly of translations, and being partly paraphrastic, 
partly imitative, and partly adapted. Though 
Charles Wesley has not always confined himself to 
the letter of the Psalms which he versified, yet in 
every case he has embodied the spirit, and in many 
of them he has kept close to the sense, of the 
original. 

"That eminent biblical critic. Bishop Horsley, has 
observed : ' There is not a page in the Book of 
Psalms in which the pious reader will not find his 
Saviour, if he read with a view of finding him ; 
and it was but a just encomium of it that came 
from the pen of one of the early Fathers, that it is 
a complete system of divinity for the use and edifi- 
cation of the common people of the Christian 
Church.' ISTow Charles Wesley having found the 
Saviour everywhere in the Psalms, introduces the 
Saviour everywhere in his version ; and has j^resent- 
cd him, and all the great truths of experiment- 



INTRODUCTION. - xi 

al and practical religion, to our attention in the 
most pleasing, soul-stirring, soul-inspiring verse. 
With a heart of love and lips of fire, he has sung 
the complaints, and the afflictions, and the peniten- 
tial supplications, and the triumphs and thanksgiv- 
ings of David ; and if ' David's complaints against 
his enemies are Messiah's complaints, first of the 
unbelieving Jews, then of the Heathen persecutors 
and the apostate faction in the latter ages ; David's 
afflictions are the Messiah's sufferings ; David's peni- 
tential supplications are the supplications of Mes- 
siah in agony ; David's songs of triumph and thanks- 
giving are Messiah's songs of triumph and thanks- 
giving for his victory over sin, and death, and 
hell ' — then Charles Wesley has emphatically sung 
the Messiah. And, like David, he has also sung the 
glories of creation, the nature and value of the 
word of God, the care of a superintending Provi- 
dence, the original dignity of man, the degrading 
effects of sin, the glad tidings brought to mankind 
by the Gospel, the unparalleled love of God to the 
world, the extent and efficacy of the atonement, 
the ascension of the Saviour, the power and oper- 
ations of the Holy Ghost, the anguish of a wounded 
conscience, the ' sighings of a broken heart and the 
desires of such as be sorrowful,' the desolations 
o,f a soul deprived of the favour of God, the work 
of faith, the joys of pardon, the beauties of holi- 



Xil INTRODUCTION. 

ness, the labour of love, tlie anticipations of hope, 
the triumphs of the Church, and its universal estab- 
lishment, the millennial reign of the Prince of Peace, 
the last general judgment, and the final overthrow 
and everlasting destruction of the wicked : — on all 
these subjects, and more, he has sung in his own 
style — a style characterized by smoothness, and har- 
mony, and pathos, and power, and beauty, and oc- 
casionally by sublimity and grandeur. There is noth- 
ing in the form of poetry, within the whole compass 
of uninspired language, to surpass in composition 
many of the Psalms in this volume. 

" The One Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm may be 
taken as one of those instances in which the true 
poetic genius of Charles Wesley shines forth in un- 
rivalled splendor. In a didactic composition, extend- 
ing to one hundred and seventy-six verses, in each 
of which the cognate terms, testimonies^ laios^ words^ 
commandments^ loays^ judgments^ etc.^ are of j)erpet- 
ual occurrence, he has, by a touch of his pen, more 
potent than that of the famed philosopher's stone, 
transmuted the tin of the old dispensation into the 
pure gold of the Christian sanctuary. 'The law 
had 07ily a shadow of good things to come.' Know- 
ing ' that the glory involved in the observance of 
the Mosaic requirements was as nothmg in compari- 
son 'of the glory that excelleth,' and that the veil 
cast over the face of the Jewish law-giver 'is done 



INTRODUCTION. Xiii 

away in Christ,' this gifted poet has presented to us 
an enchanting and well-sustained poem, which, with- 
out any approach to tautology, exhibits all the pleas- 
ing variety, warmth, and freshness of original verse, 
while it tenaciously adheres to the spirit of the in- 
spired Psalmist." 



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POETICAL VERSION OF THE PSALMS. 



e Usalms d ©atrib. 



PSALM I. 

Bless'd is the man and none but he, 
Who walks not with ungodly men; 

Xor stands their evil deeds to see, 
Nor sits the innocent to arraign : 

The persecutor's guilt to share. 

Oppressive in tlie scorner's chair. 

Obedience is his pure delight, 
To do the pleasure of the Lord : 

His exercise by day and night 

To search his soul-converting word; 

The law of liberty to prove. 

The perfect law of life and love. 

Fast by the streams of Paradise 
He as a pleasant plant shall grow ; 

The tree of righteousness shall rise, 
And all his blooming honours show : 

Spread out his boughs, and flourish fair, 

And fruit unto perfection bear. 



484 POETICAL VERSION 

His verdant leaf shall never fade, 

His works of faith shall never cease : 

His happy toil shall all succeed, 

Whom God himself delights to bless : 

But no success the ungodly find, 

Scatter'd like chaff before the wind. 

No portion and no place have they 

With those whom God vouchsafes to approve 

Cast in the dreadful judgment-day, 
Who trample on their Saviour's love ; 

Who here their bleeding Lord deny, 

Shall perish and for ever die. 



PSALM IV. 

God of my righteousness. 
Thy humble suppliant hear: 

Thou hast relieved me in distress, 
And thou art always near : 
Again thy mercy show, 
The peaceful answer send. 

Assuage my grief, relieve my woe. 
And all my troubles end. 

How long, ye sons of men, 

Will ye blaspheme aloud? 
My honour wrong, my glory stain, 

And vilify my God? 

How long will ye delight 

Li vanity and vice. 
Madly against the righteous fight, 

And follow after lies ? 



OF THE PSALMS. 485- 

Know, for himself the Lord 

Hath surely set apart 
The man that trembles at his Avorcl, 

The man of upright heart : 

And when to him I pray, 

He promises to hear, 
And heljD me in my evil day, 

And answer all my prayer. 

Ye sinners, stand in awe, 

And from your sins depart: 
Out of the evil world withdraw, 

And commune with your heart: 

In thinking of his love 

Be day and night employ'd ; 
Be still, nor in his presence move. 

But wait upon your God. 

Offer your prayer and jDraise, 

Which he will not despise. 
Through Jesus Christ, your Righteousness, 

Accepted sacrifice : 

Offer your heart's desires ; 

But trust in him alone. 
Who gives whatever he requires. 

And freely saves his own. 

The world with fruitless pain 

Seek happiness below, 
"What man," they ask, but all in vain, 
"The long-sought good will show?" 

The brightness of thy face 

Give us, O Lord, to see, 
. Glory on earth, begun in grace. 

And happiness in thee. 



486 POETICAL VERSION 

Thou hast on me bestow'd 
(All gracious as thou art) 

The taste divine, the sovereign good, 
And fix'd it in my heart : 
Above all earthly bliss 
The sense of sin forgiven, 

The hidden joy, the mystic peace, 
The antepast of heaven. 

Of gospel-peace possest, 
Secure in thy defence, 
Now, Lord, within thine arms I rest. 
And who shall pluck me hence ? 
ISTor sin, nor earth, nor hell, 
Shal evermore remove, 
When all renew'd in thee I dwell. 
And perfected in love. 



PSALM V. 

O Lord, incline thy gracious ear, 

My plaintive sorrows weigh, 
To thee for succour I draw" near. 

To thee I humbly pray. 
Still will I call, with lifted eyes, 

" Come, O my God and King !" 
Till thou regard my ceaseless cries. 

And full deliverance bring. 

On thee, O God of purity, 
I wait for hallowioG^ o-race : 



OF THE PSALMS. 487 

Xone without holiness shall see 

The glories of thy face. 
In souls unholy and unclean 

Thou never canst delight ; 
N'or shall they, while unsaA^ed from sin, 

Ajopear before thy sight. 

Thou hatest all that evil do, 

Or speak iniquity: 
The hearts unkind, and hearts untrue, 

Are both abhorr'd by thee. 
The greatest and minutest fault 

Shall find its fearful doom : 
Sinners in deed, or word, or thought. 

Thou surely shalt consume. 

But as for me, with humble fear 

I will approach thy gate. 
Though most unworthy to draw near, 

Or in thy courts to wait : 
I trust in thy unbounded grace, 

To all so freely given, 
And worship toward thy holy place. 

And lift my soul to heaven. 

Lead me in all thy righteous Avays, 

Nor suffer me to slide. 
Point out the path before my face : 

My God, be thou my guide ! 
The cruel power, the guileful art. 

Of all my foes suppress 
"Whose throat's an open grave, whose heart 

Is desperate wickedness. 



POETICAL VERSION 

Thou, Lord, shalt drive them from thy face, 

And finally consume : 
Thy wrath on the rebellious race 

Shall to the utmost come. 
But all who put their trust in thee 

Thy mercy shall proclaim ; 
And sing with cheerful melody, 

Their dear Redeemer's name. 

Protected by thy guardian grace, 

They shall extol thy power, 
Rejoice, give thanks, and shout thy praise, 

And triumph evermore : 
They never shall to evil yield. 

Defended from above. 
And kept and cover'd with the shield 

Of thine almighty love. 



PSALM VI. 

In thine utmost indignation. 

Do not. Lord, thine own chastise : 
In thine infinite compassion. 

Hear my feeble dying cries ! 
Hear me, for my bones are vexed : 

O forgive, forgive my sin ! 
Sick I am, and sore perjDlexed, 

All a troubled sea within ! 

Lord, how long shall thy displeasure 
Lengthen out my punishment ? 



OF THE PSALMS. ' ^Sq 

O correct me, but in measure ! 

Let thy yearning heart relent: 
Sinner's Friend, and kind Receiver, 

Cast my sins behind thy back: 
Turn me now, my soul deliver, 

Save me, for thy mercy's sake ! 

reverse the mortal sentence ! 
Let me live to sing thy grace : 

After death is no repentance : 
Dead, I cannot speak thy praise. 

Spent I am with endless groaning, 
Wash with tears my sleepless bed ; 

AYeary of my fruitless moaning — 
Send my gasping spirit aid ! 

Shorn of all my strength, I languish ; 

See, I faint beneath my load! 
Faint through deep distress and anguisli, 

Faint into the arms of God! 
God, to me, in great compassion, 

Doth a gracious token give : 

1 shall see his whole salvation, 
I shall all his love retrieve. 

Leave me, then, to Jesus leave me, 

Te that gloried in my fall ! 
Jesu's arms shall still receive me. 

He hath heard my mournful call: 
He hath answer'd my petition, 

Show'd himself the sinner's Frieud, 
Saved me in my lost condition. 

He shall save me to the end. 



490 POETICAL VERSION 

By a world of foes surroiinded, 

By the hellish sons of night, 
I shall see them all confounded, 

Put to everlasting flight. 
He who hath my sins forgiven, 

All my sins to death shall doom, 
Hence as by a whirlwind driven — 

Come, my utmost Saviour, come ! 



PSALM VII. 

Jeslts, my Lord, on thy great name 

I still for help depend : 
From sin, the world, and hell redeem, 

And save me to the end. 

The lion, ready to devour. 
Would tear my soul and slay: 

Ah! leave me not to Satan's power, 
But spoil him of his prey. 

Arise, O Lord, thine arm make bare. 
Confound the haughty pride 

Of all my foes : in wrath declare 
That thou art on my side. 

So shall the saints surround thy throne 
With joyful songs of praise : 

For Israel's sake thy servant own. 
And save me by thy grace. 



OF THE PSALMS. 491 

Lift thyself up, awake for me, 

My cause in mercy plead: 
Lead captive my captivity, 

And make me free indeed. 

Command iniquity to cease, 

And make an end of sin : 
'Stablish the just in righteousness, 

And bring thy nature in. 

Succour and strength in God I have. 

Who never will dej^art; 
But keep, and to the utmost save. 

The men of simple heart. 

His righteousness I will proclaim, 

His goodness glorify. 
And celebrate the Saviour's name, 

And praise the Lord Most High. 



PSALM VIII. 

SovEKEiGN-, everlasting Lord, 

How excellent thy name ! 
Held in being by thy word. 

Thee all thy works proclaim: 
Through this earth thy glories shine, 

Through those dazzling worlds above. 
All confess the Source Divine, 

The Almighty God of love ! 



492 POETICAL VERSION 

Thou, the God of "power and grace, 

Whom highest heavens adore, 
Callest' babes to sing thy praise, 

And manifest thy power : 
Lo ! they in thy strength go on, 

Lo ! on all thy foes they tread. 
Cast the dire Accuser down, 

And bruise the Serpent's head. 

Yet, when I survey the skies 

And planets as they roll, 
Wonder dims my aching eyes. 

And swallows up my soul : 
Moon and stars so wide display, 

Chant their Maker's praise aloud, 
Pour insufferable day. 

And draw me up to God! 

What is man, that thou, O Lord, 

Hast such respect to him? 
Comes from heaven the incarnate Word, 

His creature to redeem : 
Wherefore wouldst thou stoop so low? 

Who the mystery shall explain ? 
God is flesh, and lives below. 

And dies for wretched man. 

Jesus his Redeemer dies, 

The sinner to restore, 
Falls that man again may rise. 

And stand as heretofore : 
Foremost of created things. 

Head of all thy works he stood, 



OF THE PSALMS. 493 

Nearest the great King of kings, 
And little less than God ! * 

Him with glorious majesty 

Thy grace Touchsafed to crown : 
Transcript of the One-in-Three, 

He in thine image shone : 
All thy works for him were made, 

All did to his SAvay submit : 
Fishes, birds, and beasts obey'd, 

And bow'd beneath his feet. 

Sovereign, everlasting Lord, 

How excellent thy name ! 
Held in being by thy word. 

Thee all thy works proclaim : 
Through this earth thy glories shine, 

Through those dazzling worlds above, 
xlU confess the Source Divine, 

The Almighty God of love ! 



PSALM XIII. 

How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? 

Wilt thou for ever hide thy face ? 
Leave me unchanged and unrestored. 

An alien from the life of grace ? 

How long shall I inquire within, 
And seek thee in my heart, in vain, 

* So it is in the Hebrew. 



494 POETICAL VERSION 

Vex'd with the dire remains of sin, 
Gall'd with the tyrant's iron chain ? 

How long shall Satan's rage prevail? 

(I ask thee with a faltering tongue :) 
See at thy feet my spirit fail, 

And hear me feebly groan, " How long ?" 

Hear me, O Lord my God ! and weigh 
My sorrows in the scale of love : 

Lighten my eyes, restore the day. 
The darkness from my soul remove. 

Open my faith's enlighten'd eyes, 

O snatch me from the gulf beneath ! 

Save, or my gasping spirit dies — 
Dies with an everlasting: death. 



& 



Ah ! suffer not my foe to boast 
His victory o'er a child of thine, 

N^or let the proud Philistines' host 
Li Satan's hellish triumph join. 

Will they not charge my fall on thee ? 

Will they not dare my God to blame ? 
My God, forbid the blasphemy, 

Be jealous for thy glorious name ! 

Thou wilt ! thou wilt ! My hope returns 
A sudden spirit of faith I feel : 

My heart in fervent wishes burns. 
And God shall there for ever dwell. 



OF THE PSALMS. 495 

My trust is in thy gracious power, 

I glory in salvation near, — 
Rejoice in hope of that glad hour 

When perfect love shall cast out fear 

I sing the goodness of the Lord, 
The goodness I experience now; 

And still I hang upon thy word, 
My Saviour to the utmost thou ! 

Thy love I ever shall proclaim, 

A monument of thy mercy I ; 
And praise the mighty Jesu's name, 

Jesus the Lord, the Lord Most High I 



PSALM XVI. 

Verses 5, 11. 

The Lord himself my portion is ; 
Thou reachest out my cup of bliss, 

And wilt no more remove : 
My fair inheritance thou art : 
The needful thing, the better part, 

I find in perfect love. 

The Lord I will for ever bless : 
The Counsellor and Prince of Peace. 

He teaches me his will : 
He doth with mighty pains chastise, 
And makes me to salvation wise 

By every scourge I feel. 
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49^ POETICAL VERSION 

Him have I set before my face, 

The pardoning God of boundless grace, 

Of everlasting love : 
By faith I always see him stand : 
And with him placed on my right hand, 

I never shall remove. 

Wherefore my heart doth now rejoice: 
I wait to hear thy quickening voice : 

My flesh exults in hope : 
Thou wilt not leave me in the grave : 
Sure confidence in thee I have 

That thou wilt raise me up. 

As sure as God brought back our Head, 
Our great good Shepherd, from the dead, 

I shall right early rise : 
My soul shall no corruption see : 
My soul, O Lord, shall rise with thee, 

And mount above the skies. 

Thou wilt the path of life display. 
And lead me in thyself the way. 

Till all thy grace is given : 
Fulness of joy with thee there is : 
Thy presence makes the perfect bliss. 

And where thou art is heaven. 



OF THE PSALMS. 497 



PSALM XVII. 



KiGHTEOUs Lord, attend my cry, 
Hearken to my earnest j)i'ayer: 

'Now absolve me, or I die : 
Now mine innocence declare. 

From the accuser's charge release, 

Clear me by thy righteousness. 

Jesu, take the sinner's part, 
Plead my cause, in pity plead : 

Thou hast proved my trembling heart, 
Hast from condemnation freed. 

Visited my nature's night, 

Cheer'd me by the gospel light. 

Lord, thou know'st my simpleness. 
Guile thou shalt not find in me. 

Fully purposed through thy grace 
Sin to eschew, and cleave to thee, 

Satan's works and ways to shun. 

Guided by thy word alone. 

Still support me in thy Avays, 
And my foot shall i>ever fall: 

Thou hast heard my calls for grace. 
Thou wilt hear me when I call : 

Bow thine ear, in mercy bow. 

Hear me. Lord, and hear me now ! 

Send me succour from above. 

Thou whose arm is bared to save 



49^ POETICAL VERSION 

Those who trust thy Avondrous love, 

Who in thee affiance have : 
Saviour thou from all their foes, 
All who thee and thine oppose ! 

Keep me who in thee confide, 
As the apple of thine eye ; 

Shade me with thy wings and hide 
While my deadly foes are nigh ; 

Ever greedy to devour. 

Save me from the oppressor's power ! 

Lo ! they still my steps surround, 
Watch my helpless soul to slay ! 

Thou their cruel pride confound. 
Spoil the lion of his prey ! 

Thou for Satan's, downfall rise, 

Cast the accuser from the skies! 

Save me from the wicked. Lord, 
Weapons of thy wrath severe. 

Thine avenging scourge and sword. 
Men who have their portion here, 

With all worldly good endow'd, 

Poor and destitute of God! 

But my whole desire thou art, 
Happy when I see thy face; 

When renew'd and pure in heart. 
Partner of the perfect grace. 

Bright I in thy image shine. 

Satisfied with love Divine. 



OF THE PSALMS. 499 

PSALM XVIII. 

Verses i, 6, 46, 50. 

Thee will I love, O Lord, my power ! 

My rock and fortress is the Lord, 
My God, my Saviom*, and my tower. 

My horn and strength, my shield and sword ; 
Secure I trust in his defence, 
I stand in his omnipotence. 

Still will I invocate his name, 

And spend my life in prayer and praise, 
His goodness own, his promise claim. 

And look for all his saving grace, 
Till all his saving grace I see. 
From sin and hell for ever free. 

He saved me in temptation's hour, 
Horribly caught, and compass'd round. 

Exposed to Satan's raging power. 
In floods of sin and sorrow drown' d, 

Condemn'd the second death to feel, 

Arrested by the pangs of hell. 

To God, my God, with plaintive cry 

I call'd in agony of fear : 
My humble wailing pierc'd the sky, 

My groaning reach'd his gracious ear ; 
He heard me from his glorious throne. 
And sent the timely rescue down. 

The Lord for me doth ever live : 

' Blessing ascribe to God Most High ! 



500 POETICAL VERSION 

Glory and thanks to Jesus give, 

The Rock on which I still rely ! 
Extol his power, his mercies raise, 
The God of my salvation praise ! 

'Tis God who vindicates my right, 
And all my foes persists to o'ertln-ow 

Thou hast redeem'd me by thy might, 
Superior to my inbred foe. 

Thy love hath set my spirit free, 

And bade me live, O Lord, to thee. 

Wherefore I will exalt thy Name, 

And teach the heathen world thy praise 

In songs of sacred joy proclaim 
Thy riches of redeeming grace. 

Till all the heathen world confess 

And hymn the Lord our Righteousness. 

Mighty to save, his love we sing, 

The love that doth our souls convert ; 

The Christian is his priest and king, 
The David after his own heart : 

And all his seed — his church — adore 

The love that saves for evermore. 



PSALM XIX. 

Verses 7, 14. 

The book of covenanted grace 
Its heavenly origin displays : 
Strong characters of Love Divine 
ThrouQ^hout the sacred volume shine 



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Jehovah, by his word, is showVl 
The glorious legislative God. 

Jehovah's law all-perfect is, 
Nor can it e'er receive increase ; 
Nor can it e'er diminish'd be : 
From error and corruption free, 
It turns the soul which turns to it, 
And makes the man of God complete. 

The testimony of the Lord, 
Delivered in his written word, 
Is sure, inviolably sure. 
And shall from ao-e to a^-e endure : 
The simple it with grace supplies. 
And makes them to salvation wise. 

The statutes of the Lord are right ; 
His laws and equity unite : 
Reason Divine in all is shovr'd, 
Adjusted to his creatures' good: 
They bring us peace, and power impart, 
When written on the obedient heart. 

The Lord's command is plain, and free 
From darkness and impurity: 
It purges and restores the sight. 
Guides, by a clear, unerring light, 
The sinner in the paths of peace. 
Convinced of sin and righteousness. 

The fear of God restrains from sin. 
Is clean, and makes the sinner clean : 



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The strict unalterable law, 
Which, keeps the faithful soul in awe, 
Can never lose its binding power. 
But lives and reigns for evermore. 

The judgments of the Lord are true. 

And all his faithfulness they show : 

His perfect equity decrees. 

To all, rewards or penalties; 

And soon the righteous Judge shall seal 

Their endless doom — in heaven or hell ! 

How precious all thy sayings are ! 
N^o treasure can with these compare : 
Thy sayings are the soul's repast, 
Sweeter than honey to the taste : 
They drop like manna from above, 
Or flow in streams of joy and love. 

Thy Avords are my delight and guide, 
And warn me, lest I start aside : 
Thrice happy are thy servants. Lord — 
Obedience is our great reward : 
We own, to whom the grace is given. 
To do thy will on earth — is heaven. 

But who can all his errors tell. 
Or count the thoughts by which he fell? 
■ Omniscient God, to thee alone 
My sin's infinity is known ! • 
Do thou my secret faults effiice. 
And show forth all thy cleansing grace. 



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Till then, from wilful sin restrain, 
N"©!' let it o'er thy servant reign : 
Withhold me by thy mercy's power. 
And keep, till I can sin no more : 
From all the inward taint set free. 
Restored to Paradise and thee. 

O might my every thought arise 
Well-pleasing in thy glorious eyes ! 
My every word advance thy praise, 
The strength of thy redeeming grace ! 
And all I have, and all I am, 
Extol the poAver of Jesu's name ! 



PSALM XX. 

Faithful soul, thy Lord be near 

Thronghout thine evil day! 
Thee the God of Jacob cheer. 

The name of Jesus stay ! 
Arm thee with preserving grace, 

Be thy safeguard and defence. 
Hear thee from his holy place, 

And send deliverance thence ! 

God be mindful of thy prayers. 

Accept thy sacrifice. 
Treasure up thy gracious tears, 

And answer all thy sighs ! 



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Grant thee all thy heart's desire, 
All thy good designs approve, 

Higher raise thy joys, and higher 
And perfect thee in love ! 

We will glory in thy name, 

O God! thy conqnest sing: 
Thee trinmphantly j^roclaim, 

Our Saviour and our King. 
Now I know the Lord from high 

Succours his anointed one : 
Still his arm shall strength supply. 

And send salvation down. 

Some in chariots put their trust, 

In horses some confide : 
We of God will make our boast, 

And in his word abide : 
Him we ever bear in mind. 

All his faithful mercies xlaim, 
Life, and strength, and succour find 

In Jesu's conquering name. 

All our foes by thy right hand 

Are suddenly brought down : 
We are lifted up, and stand, 

And stand by faith alone : 
Still on thee we cast our care. 

On thine only love depend: 
King of saints regard our prayer, 

And save us to the end. 



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PSALM xxrii. 

Jesus the good Shepherd is : 
Jesus died the sheep to save; 

He is mine and I am liis : 
All I want in him I have, — 

Life and health, and rest, and food, 

All the plenitude of God. 

Jesus loves and guards his own : 
Me in verdant pastures feeds: 

Makes me quietly lie down. 

By the streams of comfort leads : 

Following him where'er he goes. 

Silent joy my heart o'erflows. 

He in sickness makes me whole, 

Guides mto the paths of peace ; 
He revives my fainting soul, 
'Stablishes in righteousness . 
Who for me vouchsafed to die. 
Loves me still, — I know not why! 

Una]bpaird by guilty fear. 

Through the mortal vale I go: 

My eternal life is near : 

Thee my Life in death I know : 

Bless thy chastening, cheering rod, 

Die into the arms of God! 

Till that welcome hour I see, 
Thou before my foes dost feed : 



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Bidd'st me sit and feast with thee, 

Pour'st thy oil ii|)on my head : 
Giv'st me all I ask, and more, 
Mak'st my cnp of joy run o'er. 

Love Divine shall still embrace, 
Love shall keep me to the end : 

Surely all my happy days 
I shall in thy temple spend. 

Till I to thy house remove, 

Thy eternal house above! 



PSALM XXIV. 

The earth, with all her fulness, owns 
Jehovah for her sovereign Loed : 

The countless myriads of her sons 
Kose into being at his word. 

His word did out of nothing call 
The world, and founded all that is, 

Launch'd on the floods this solid ball, 
And iix'd it in the floating seas. 

13ut who shall quit this low abode ? 

Who shall ascend the heavenly place. 
And stand upon the mount of God, 

And see his Maker face to face? 

The man whose hands and heart are clcau, 
That blessed portion shall receive: 



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Who here by grace is saved from sin, 
Hereafter shall in o-lory live. 



He shall obtain the starry crown, 

And, nuniber'd with the saints above 

The God of his salvation own, 
The God of his salvation love. 



This is the chosen royal race. 

That seek their Saviour God to see- 
To see in holiness thy face, 

O Jesus, and be join'd to thee. 

Thou the true wrestling Jacob art, 

Whose prayers, and tears, and blood inclined 

Thy Father's majesty to impart 

His Xame, his Love, to all mankind. 

Our Lord is risen from the dead, 
Our Jesus is gone up on high: 
The powers of hell are captive led, 

Dragg'd to the portals of the sky. 

There his triumphal chariot waits. 
And angels chant the solemn lay: 
" Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, 
Te everlasting doors, give way! 

" Loose all your bars of massy light. 
And wide unfold the ethereal scene : 
He claims these mansions as his right — 
. Receive the King of glory in.'' 



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" Who is the King of glory, Avho ?" 
" The LoED that all his foes o'ercame, 
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew; 
And Jesus is the conqueror's name." 

Lo ! his triumphal chariot waits. 

And angels chant the solemn lay: — 
" Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates : 
Ye everlasting doors, give way !" 

" Who is this King of glory, who ?" 
" The LoED of glorious power possess'd, 
The King of saints and angels too, 
God over all, for ever bless'd." 



PSALM XXVI. 

Give sentence. Lord, with me; 

For I have injured none. 
But walk'd in my integrity, 

And good for evil done. 

Thou know'st mine innocence, 

And labour to maintain 
A conscience void of all offence 

Toward every soul of man. 

Yet not in this I trust. 
But in the living God, 
Who died and rose, to make me just 
By sprinkling me with blood. 
Herein do I confide, 
Herein I rest secure : 



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My feeble stejDS shall never slide, 
But stand in Jesus sure. 

Examine me, O Lord, 

And try my heart and reins ; 
Prove, and discover by thy word 

Whate'er of sin remains. 

I see thy pardoning love. 

And in the truth abide, 
Till all the truth in thee I prove, 

For ever sanctified. 

For this I haA^e forsook 

The false dissembling race, 
From all their vain engagements broke, 

And hated all their ways. 

I wash my hands and heart 

In innocence divine : 
My righteousness, O Lord, thou art, 

For all my sins were thine. 

Cleansed by the sacred blood, 

I to • thine altar go. 
In songs to spread thy name abroad. 

And all thy wonders show. 

Lord, I have loved the place 

Where thou record'st thy name, 
And by the channels of thy grace 

For ever found I am. 

Through thee resolved I am 
Mine innocence to keep : 
Uphold me by thy saving name, 
And I shall never slip. 



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O that I in thy blood 
May full redemption have ! 
Renew me, thou all-gracious God, 
And to the utmost save. 

Here on tliy promise, Lord, 

My foot of faith stands sure : 
Thee will I with thy saints recoi-d, 

Till thou hast made me pure. 

Then will I bless thy name, 

Till join'd to those above. 
The length, and breadth, and height, proclainij 

And depth, of Jesu's love. 



PSALM XXX. 

Lord, I will exalt thy grace, 

Grace which hath exalted me : 
Me thou hast vouchsafed to raise, 

Sunk in sin and misery; 
But thine own thou wouldst not leave, 

AVouldst not let thy foes prevail. 
Me thou didst the victory give. 

Victory over earth and hell. 

Sick of sin, to thee I cried. 

Thee, my loving Lord and God! 

Thou the medicine hast applied, 
Heal'd me by thy balmy blood. 

Thou, omnipotent to save. 

Hast redeem'd my soul from death, 



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Snatch'd it from the infernal grave, 
Kept it from the gulf beneatli. 

Sing, ye saints, unto the Lord, 

Thank the Lord our Righteousness : 
All his faithfulness record, 

All his power and pardoning grace. 
Quickly is his anger past, 

Never doth his grace remove : 
Long as life his love shall last, 

Life eternal is his love. 

If he seem awhile to chide. 

Leave us a v^^hole night to mourn, 
Yet the veil is cast aside. 

Yet he hastens to return. 
Sure as the return of day 

Chases all the shades of night, 
Sorrow doth to joy give way, 

Darkness to the gospel light. 

" Never more shall I remove," 

In my prosperous state, I said, 
'^ Thou the mountain of thy love 
Hast so strong a barrier made." 
Thou didst hide thy blissful face : 
Grieved to find my God depart. 
Then I felt my want of grace. 
Then I saw my feeble heart. 

Yet again to thee, O Lord, 

Humbled in the dust I cried, 
Self-condemn'd and self-abhorr'd, 
■ Bruised and chasten'd for my pride : 
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" What the profit of my blood, 
When I sink into the grave ? 
There I cannot praise my God, 
Cannot show thy power to save. 

' Thee the dead cannot declare. 

True and faithful to thy word : 
Hear me now, in mercy spare, 

N'ow thy ready help afford." 
Surely thou hast heard, and turn'd 

Into joy my heaviness. 
Comforted a soul that mourn'd. 

Clothed me with the robes of j^raise. 

Thou hast girded me Avith joy. 

That I might my Lord proclaim, 
All my days in thanks employ. 

Sing, and bless thy glorious name : 
Surely this my task shall be 

Till I join the hosts above. 
Plunged into the Deity, 

Lost in all the depths of love ! 



PSALM XXXI. 

Verses 14, 24. 

How vast the mercy's store 
Thou hast for them prepared, 
Who thee with filial fear adore, 
And wait their full reward! 



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Before they hence remove, 
AYho trust m thee alone 
Enjoy a paradise of love, 
A heaven on earth begun. 

Them in thy secret place 

Thou shalt securely hide, 
Far from the persecuting race, 

The furious sons of pride. 

Thy presence shall defend. 

And their pavilion be : 
Till all the storms and conflicts end, 

Their life is hid in thee. 

Bless'd be the Saviour-God, 

Whose gracious power I prove. 
His goodness he to me hath show'd. 

His miracles of love. 

Shut up in self and pride, 

Satan's stronghold, I was. 
My prison-doors he open'd wide, 

And saved me by his grace. 

For in my heart I said, 

"I am forgotten quite. 
Cut off from all relief and aid. 

And cast out of thy sight !" 

Yet did thy pity spare 

A wretch condemn'd to die. 
Heard all my agonizing prayer, 

And answer'd all my cry. 

all ye saints of his. 
Love your redeeming Lord! 



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He keeps the souls in perfect peace 
Whose trust is in his word. 
The avenger of all those, 
Whose sins provoke his ire, 

He fills the measure of their woes 
In everlasting fire. 

But ye that hope in him. 
Be strong, be of good cheer. 

Your souls he fully shall redeem, 
And make you j^erfect here : 
His constant mind impart, 
His image from above. 

And 'stablish each believing heart 
In everlasting love. 

But trusting in the word. 
The word of grace alone, 
"Thou art," I said, "my God and Lord, 
I claim thee for mine own. 
Thou know'st the appointed hour. 
My times I leave to thee : 
Redeem me from the oppressor's power 
From all my sins set free. 

" Upon thy servant make 
Thy blissful face to shine ; 

And save, for thine own mercy's sake, 
This helpless soul of mine. 
Ah! do not let me fall, 
O'erwhem'd with endless shame! 

For still in my distress I call, 
O Jesus, on thy name !" 



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PSALM XXXII. 



Bless'd is the man, supremely blest, 

Whose wickedness is all forgiven, 
Who finds in Jesu's wounds his rest. 

And sees the smiling face of Heaven. 
The guilt and power of sin is gone 

From him that doth in Christ believe 
Cover' d it lies, and still kept down, 

And buried in his Saviour's g^rave. 



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Bless'd is the man to whom his Lord 

1^0 more imputes iniquity, 
Whose spirit is by grace restored, 

From all the guile of Satan free: 
Free from design or selfish aim, 

Harmless, and pure, and undefiled, 
A simple follower of the Lamb, 

And harmless as a new-born child. 

But while through pride I held my toiigue 

Nor own'd my helpless unbelief. 
My bones were wasted all day long. 

My strength consumed with pining grief: 
Crush'd by thine anger's heavy hand. 

Burnt up as a dry barren ground, 
I ever of my sin complain'd ; 

But no relief or mercy found. 

Resolved at last, "To God," I cried, 
"My sins I will at large confess : 

My shame I will no longer hide. 
My depth of desperate wickedness. 



POETICAL VERSION 

All will I own unto my Lord 

Without reserve or cloaking art:" 

I said; and felt the pardoning word, 
Thy mercy spoke it to my heart. 

For this shall every child of God 

Thy power and faithful love declare, 
And claim the grace on all bestow'd 

Who make to thee their timely prayer. 
But when the floods of judgment rise 

And sweep their guilty souls away, 
Remains for sin no sacrifice; 

For ended is their gracious day. 

Thou art my hiding-place : in thee 

I rest secure from sin and hell: 
Safe in the love that ransom'd me, 

And shelter'd in thy wounds, I dwell. 
Still shall thy grace to me abound, 

The countless wonders of thy grace 
I still shall tell to all around. 

And sing my great Deliverer's praise. 

"I Avill instruct thy childlike heart," 

(My Teacher saith, for ever nigh,) 
" Nor let thee from my paths depart, 

But guide thee with my gracious eye : 
Only my gracious look obey. 

And yield my perfect will to approve, 
ISTor cast my easy yoke away. 

Or stop thine ears against my love 

Ye faithful souls, rejoice in Him 

Whose arras are still your sure defence 



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Your Lord is mighty to redeem: 

Believe ; and who shall pluck you thence ? 
Ye men of upright hearts, be glad, 

For Jesus is your God and Friend : 
He keeps whoe'er on him are stay'd. 

And he shall keep them to the end. 



PSALM XXXVII. 

Part I. 

Feet not thyself in vain 

At evil men's success, 
Nor envy them the fatal gain 

Of prosperous wickedness ; 

For all their pomp shall pass. 

Their glory, wealth and power. 
Cut do^vn and wither' d as the grass, 

And fleeting as an hour. 

Trust in the Lord, and still 
Thy faith by works approve; 

So shall he 'stablish thee and fill 
With blessings from above. 
Delight thee in thy God, 
And God Himself shall give — 

Shed in thy heart his love abroad. 
And there for ever live. 

Commit unto the Lord 
Thyself and all thy ways : 



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Trust him to keep his faithful word, 
And bring the things to pass. 
He shall in all men's sight, 
Thy righteousness display, 

Thine innocence as clear as light, 
And glaring as the day. 

Thou in the Lord be still, 
With patient hope attend ; 

And wait the counsel of his will, 
And calmly mark the end. 
Ah! let not go thy peace, 
ISTor at the sinner grieve ; 

Who, vainly .boasting his success, 
Doth for a moment live. 

Cast thy concern away. 
Thy rising grief control; 

Lest anger into sin betray. 
And poison all thy soul. 
Cut off by wrath divine. 
The wicked soon shall cease ; 

But who on God their souls recline, 
They shall the land possess. 



Part II. 

Pass a few days or years. 
The sinner's boast is o'er: 
His pomp no more on earth appears, 
His place is found no more. 
But still the meek shall live, 
With every blessing blest — 



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Fulness of gos^^el-peace receive, 
And everla sting rest. 

The TN'icked plots the death 

Of the detested just ; 
And gnashes on them with his teeth, 

Who put in God their trust. 

But God shall him deride : 

He sees his evil day 
Approach to end the tyrant's pride, 

And sweep from earth away. 

Sinners have drawn the sword, 

And ready "bent theii' bow, 
To slay the servants of the Lord, 

The needy to overthrow. 

But God his power shall show, 

And take his servants' part 
Their how shall break, their sword go througli 

Their own malicious heart. 

The little of the just 

'Tis better to possess, 
Than all the wealth of those that trust 

In their own wickedness. 

Their strength shall be broke down. 

Their insolence and power : 
But still the Lord upholds his own, 

And keeps them evermore. 

He knows their hapj^y days: 
Their lot shall still abide : 
In time of dearth the righteous race 
Shall all be satisfied. 



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Kept ill the evil time, 
While all the wicked fail, 
Haters of God, they bear their crime, 
And vanish into hell. 

The wicked borrower owes. 

But never pays again : 
Mercy the righteous lender shows. 

And gives his gifts to men. 

Whom God hath cursed shall cease, 

Uprooted by his hand: 
But whom he condescends to bless, 

They shall possess the land. 

In paths of righteousness 

He leads his servant right : 
His servant's steady. walk he sees 

With favour and delight. 

Though into trouble cast, 

He shall not fall away : 
The Lord supports, and holds him fast, 

And shall for ever stay. 

I never yet have seen 

The righteous, or their seed. 
Wandering among the sons of men. 

And destitute of bread. 

Freely he gives and lends ; 

And what to God is given. 
In blessings on his seed descends 

Who lays up wealth in heaven. 



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Part III. 



Evil do thou eschew, 

Do good with all thy power ; 
And perfect holiness pursue, 

And dwell for evermore. 

Lover of holiness, 

The Lord preserves his own, 
When all the sinners' offspring cease. 

For ever lost and gone. 

Saints shall possess the laud, 

And dwell for ever there : 
Confess the faith by which they stand. 

Their righteousness declare. 

The law is writ within 

The pure and perfect heart: 
The saint indeed shall never sin, 

Or from his God depart. 

The wicked eyes the good. 

And watches to devour : 
God will not leave his saint pursued 

By persecuting power. 

Though men arrest, arraign, 

And judge him in their day, 
The Lord shall soon his cause maintain, 

His innocence display. 

Thou in the Saviour hope. 
And in his statutes live, 
So shall he keej), and lift thee up, 
The promise to receive. 



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When the ungodly fall, 
Thou shalt their rum see, 
And glorify the Judge of all. 
Who now appears for thee. 

I have the wicked seen 

In all his pomp and power, 

Fair as the laurel-tree, and green, 
And flourishmg his hour. 
I pass'd and look'd again, — 
The mighty man was not : 

I sought his place, and sought in vain. 
His place was clean forgot I 

Observe the saint of God, 
Who walks in uprightness. 

The man in perfect love renew'd — 
His end is glorious peace. 
While v/icked souls at last. 
Together all descend 

Into a flaming Tophet cast : 
Damnation is their end! 

But God rewards his own 

With heavenly happiness, 
And saves them till their course is run. 

And keeps in their distress. 

From all their foes the just 

A present Saviour have. 
And (for in him they put their trust) 

He shall for ever save. 



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PSALM XL. 

Verses i, 11. 

Patiext I Avaited for the Lord, 

Who heard and answer' d to my cry : 

Out of the pit of sm, ahhorr'd, 

He brought, and set me up on high : 

Out of the mire and clay he took. 

And fix'd my feet upon a rock. 

The Lord hath made my goings strong, 
And 'stablished me with gospel grace ; 

Put in my mouth the joyful song. 
The new, unceasing song of praise : 

Many the deed divine shall see. 

And fear, and trust in God, like me. 

Bless'd is the man that dares confide 
In my redeeming God alone : 

Lord, thy works are multiplied. 

The wondrous works which thou hast done ! 
Thy thoughts of grace to us surmount 
The power of numbers to recount ! 

1 cannot all thy love declare ; 

0^0, nor the smallest part express : 
Worthless my noblest offerings are, 

LTnfit the holy God to please: 
But thou dost unto me impart 
A hearing ear, and loving heart. 

iSTo shadowy form dost thou require, 
■ No legal sacrifice approve : 



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Thou seek'st the contrite heart's desire, 

The offering of obedient love ; 
And lo ! I come to do thy will, 
And all thy law in love fulfil! 

Thy welcome will concerning me, 

I in the sacred volume read : 
'Tis there my rule of life I see, 

And in thy ways delight to tread: 
While by thy love's divinest art. 
Thy law is written on my heart. 

Thine everlasting righteousness, 

Thou know'st I to thy church have show'd ; 
'Nor hid within my heart the grace 

And goodness of my pardoning God ; 
J^or shunn'd in open thanks to approve 
The truth of thy redeeming love. 

The great salvation thou hast wrought 
I have with joy to all declared : 

Ah, gracious Lord ! forsake me not, 
But let thy tender mercies guard: 

Thy faithful love my soul defend. 

And save and keep me to the end ! 



PSALM XLII. 

As the heart, with flying faint, 
For the cooling stream doth pant, 
So my soul, by sin pursued, 
Pants for thee, the living God! 



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See my soul, in pity see, 
Thirsting, gasping after tliee : 
When shall I with faith draw near, 
Righteous in thy sight appear ? 

Tears have been my daily bread, 
Tears have wash'd my sleepless bed, 
While they ever cry aloud, 
■ Where is now thy pardoning God ?" 

Musing on the former days, 
Stripp'd of that ecstatic grace. 
Pouring out my soul, I moan, 
All my joys and comforts gone ! 

Once I could in God rejoice. 
Praise him wdth a tuneful voice, 
Find him in his house of prayer, 
First of those who worshipp'd there. 

Why art thou, my soul, oppress'd ? 
Why so troubled and distress'd? 
Cast away the heavy load, 
Hope thou, against hope, in God. 

I shall yet record his praise : 
I shall thank him for his grace, 
When he makes his face to shine 
On this drooping soul of mine. 

Yet again, O God, my God, 
Sinks, my soul beneath its load ! 
Burden'd and by sin cast down, 
Faints thy poor afflicted one. 



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Fain I would on thee rely, 
To my God for refuge fly : 
Ever wandering to and fro, 
Restless as a hunted roe. 

Deep to deep with horror calls, 
While the roaring torrent falls, 
My abyss of misery 
Calls for all the grace in thee. 

But, alas! thy threatenings sound, 
All thy waves and storms surround: 
Over me the billows roll, 
Swallow up my sinking soul. 

Unto God, my Rock, I say, 
" Why dost thou so long delay, 
Leave me on in grief to go, 
Crush'd by the oppressive foe ?" 

Pierced my bones as with a sword. 
With the dire opprobrious word, 
While they ever cry aloud, 
"Where is now thy pardoning God?" 

Why art thou, my soul, oppress'd ? 
Why so troubled and distress'd? 
Cast away the heavy load, 
Hope thou, against hope, in God. 

I shall yet record his praise. 
See again the Saviour's face : 
Ascertain' d by love Divine, 
Mine he is, for ever mine. 



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PSALM XLIII. 



God of infinite compassion, 

Take my cause into thy hands ; 
Satan's whole mirighteous nation, 

Earth and hell, my soul withstands : 
From the evil world deliver. 

From the cruel world within. 
From myself — the worst deceiver — 

From this inbred man of sin ! 

Thou my only God and Saviour, 

Thou art my support and might! 
Why hast thou withdrawn thy favour, 

Cast the mourner from thy sight? 
Wherefore go I on lamenting. 

Crush' d by my tyrannic foe, 
Under his oppression fainting, 

Swallow'd up of sin and woe ? 

O my merciful Director ! 

ShoAV the brightness of thy face : 
Let thy love be my protector. 

Lead me by the light of grace : 
Send the unction of thy Spirit, 

Guide into thy perfect will. 
That I may thy heaven inherit, 

Meet thee on thy holy hill. 

Earnest of my full possession, 
]Might I feel thee in my heart ! 

Fill'd with joy beyond expression, 
I should never more depart : 



528 POETICAL VERSION 

I should in thy courts adore thee, 
Till I join the church above, 

Sing, and praise, and fall before thee- 
Thee, my God of truth and love ! 

Wherefore then, my restless spirit. 

Art thou troubled and cast down ? 
Hope in God, through Jesu's merit — 

God, through Jesus, is thine own : 
I shall yet regain his favour, 

I shall sing his praise aloud ; 
Jesus is my loving Saviour, 

Jesus is my pardoning God. 



PSALM XLV. 

Part I. 

My heart is full of Christ, and longs 
Its glorious matter to declare ! 

Of him I make my loftiest songs, 
I cannot from his praise forbear; 

My ready tongue makes haste to sin^ 

The beauties of my Heavenly King. 

Fairer than all the earth-born race. 
Perfect in comeliness thou art : 

Replenish'd are thy lips with grace, 
And full of love thy tender heart : 

God ever bless'd, we bow the knee. 

And own all fulness dwells in thee. 



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Gird on thy thigh the Spirit's sword, 
And take to thee thy power divme, 

Stir up thy strength, Ahnighty Lord ! 
All power and majesty are thine : 

Assert thy worship and renown, 

O all-redeeming God, come down ! 

Come, and maintain thy righteous cause 
And let thy gracious toil succeed : 

Dispread the victory of thy cross, 
Ride on, and prosper in thy deed : 

Through earth triumphantly ride on. 

And reign in all our hearts alone. 

Still let the Avord of truth prevail. 
The gospel of thy general grace, 

Of mercy mild that ne'er shall fail. 
Of everlasting righteousness, 

Into the faithful soul brought in. 

To root out all the seeds of sin. 

Terrible things thine own right hand 
Shall teach thy greatness to perform : 

Who in the vengeful day can stand 
Unshaken by thine anger's storm. 

While, riding on the whirlwind's wings, 

They meet the thundering King of kings ? 

Sharp are the arrows of thy love, 
And pierce the most obdurate heart : 

Their point thine enemies shall prove, 

And, strangely fill'd with pleasing smart. 

Fall dowm before the cross subdued. 

And feel thine arrows dipp'd in blood. 



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O God of love, thy sway we own, 
Thy dying love doth all control : 

Justice and grace support thy throne, 
Set up in every faithful soul : 

Steadfast it stands in them, and sure, 

When pure, as thou our God art pure. 

Lover thou art of purity. 

And hatest every spot of siu, 

Nothing profane can dwell Avith thee, 
I^othing unholy or unclean: 

And therefore doth thy Father own 

His glorious likeness in his Son. 

Therefore he hath his Spirit shed. 
Spirit of joy, and power, and grace, 

Immeasurably on thy head : 

First-born of all the chosen race. 

From thee the sacred unction springs 

That makes thy fellows priests and kings. 

Part II. 

Sweet is the odor of thy name. 

Through all the means a fragrance comes : 
Thy garments hide the sinner's shame, 

Thy garments shed divine perfumes. 
That through the ivory palace flow — 
The churcli in which thou reign'st below. 

Thy heavenly charms the virgins move. 
And bow them to thy pleasing sway : 

They triumph in thy princely love. 
Thy will with all their hearts obey : 



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Revere thine honorable word, 

The glorious handmaids of the Lord. 

High above all, at thy right hand, 

Adorn'd with each diviner grace, 
Thy favourite queen exults to stand, 

Thy church her heavenly charms displays, 
Clothed with the sun, for glory meet. 
She sees the moon beneath her feet. 

Daughter of Heaven, though born on earth, 
Incline thy willing heart and ear : 

Forget thy first ignoble birth. 

Thy people and thy kinsfolk here : 

So shall the King delight to see 

His beauties copied out on thee. 

He only is thy God and Lord : 

Worship divine to him be given, 
By all the host of heaven adored. 

By every creature under heaven ; 
And all the Gentile world shall know, 
And freely to his service flow. 

The rich shall lay their riches down, 
And poor become, for Jesu's sake : 

Kings at his feet shall cast their crown. 
And humble suit for mercy make, 

(Mercy alike on all bestow'd,) 

And languish to be great in God. 

Are not his servants kings ? and rule 

' They not o'er hell, and earth, and sin? 



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His daughter is divinely full 

Of Christ, and " glorious all within :" 
All glorious inwardly she reigns, 
And not one spot of sin remains. 

Clothed with humility and love, 
With every dazzling virtue bright. 

With faith which God vouchsafes to approve 
Precious in her great Father's sight, 

The royal maid with joy shall come, 

Triumphant to her heavenly home. 

Brought by his sweet attracting grace, 
She first shall in his sight appear 

In holiness before his face. 

Made perfect with her followers here : 

Spotless and pure, a virgin train. 

They all shall in his palace reign. 

In lieu of seers and patriarchs old, 

Of whom she once did make her boast, 

The virgin-mother shall behold 

Her numerous sons a princely host, 

Install'd o'er all the earth abroad, 

Anointed kings and priests to God. 

Thee, Jesus, King of kings, and Lord 

Of lords, I glory to proclaim; 
From age to age thy praise record. 

That all the world may learn thy N"ame: 
And all shall soon thy grace adore. 
When time and sin shall be no more. 



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PSALM XLVIII. 

Verses 9, 14. 

Foe thy loving-kindness, Lord, 

We in thy temple stay : 
Here thy faithful love record, 

Thy saving power display : 
With thy name thy praise is known: 

Glorious thy perfections shine: 
Earth's remotest bomids shall own 

Thy works are all divine. 

All thy mighty works are wrought 

In perfect equity : 
Sion, by thy judgments taught, 

Shall give the praise to thee : 
Thee let all thy saints adore, 

Ransom'd by thy timely aid, — 
Every tongue confess thy power, 

And every heart be glad. 

Sons of God, triumphant rise. 

The city walls surround! 
Lo ! her bulwarks touch the skies, 

LIow high, yet how profound ! 
Tell the number of her towers, 

All her palaces declare. 
Guarded by angelic powers, 

x\nd God in person there ! 

See the gospel-church secure, 
And founded on a Rock! 



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All her promises are sure : 

Her bulwarks who can shock? 

Count her every precious shrine : 
Tell, to after ages tell, 

Fortified by power Divine, 
The church can never fail. 

Sion's God is all our own, 

Who on Jiis love rely : 
We his pardoning love have known, 

And live to Christ, and die : 
To the ISTew Jerusalem 

He our faithful Guide shall be. 
Him we claim, and rest in him, 

Through all eternity. 



PSALM XLIX. 

Verses il, 15. 

How Vv^eak the thoughts, and vain, 

Of self-deluding men ! 
Men who, iix'd to earth alone. 

Think their houses shall endure, 
Fondly call their lands their own, 

To their distant heirs secure. 

Let us in God confide, 

They for themselves provide. 
Lasting settlements they make, 

Prudently their views extend, 
Thought for distant ages take. 

Live as time would never end. 



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How happy tlien are we, 

Who build, O Lord, on thee ! 
What can our foundation shock ? 

Thoug]i the shatter'd earth renioye, 
Stands our city on a Rock, 

On a Rock of heavenly love. 

A house we call our own. 

Which cannot be o'erthrown ; 
In the general ruin sure, 

Storms and earthquakes it defies : 
Built immovably secure. 

Built eternal in the skies. 

High on Immanuel's land 

We see the fabric stand: 
From a tottering world remove 

To our steadfast mansions there : 
Our inheritance above 

Cannot pass from heir to heir. 

Those amaranthine boAvers 

(Unalienably ours) 
Bloom, our infinite reward, 

Rise, our permanent abode. 
From the founded world j)repared, 

Purchased by the blood of God ! 

O might we quickly find 

The place for us design'd : 
See the long-expected day 

Of our full redemption here ! 
Let the shadows flee away. 

Let the new-made world appear. 



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High on thy great white throne, 

O King of saints, come down ! 
In the IsTew Jerusalem 

ISTow triumphantly descend : 
Let the final trump proclaim 

Joys begun which ne'er shall end I 



PSALM LI. 

Part I. 

God of unfathomable love ! 
Whose bowels of compassion move 

Towards Adam's helpless race : 
See, at thy feet, a sinner see ! 
In tender mercy look on me. 

And all my sins efface. 

O let thy love to me o'erflow. 
Thy multitude of mercies show. 

Abundantly forgive ! 
Remove the insufferable load : 
Blot out my sins with sacred blood, 

And bid the sinner live. 

Take all the power of sin away, 
Nor let in me its being stay : 

Mine inmost soul convert : 
Wash me from all the filth of sin, 
Come, Lord, and make me throughly clean, 

Create me pure in heart. 



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For all my sins I now confess, 
Bewail my desperate wickedness, 

And siTe to be forgiven : 
I have abused thy patient grace, 
I have provoked thee to thy face, 

And dared the wrath of Heaven. 

Thee, only thee, have I defied : 
Though all thy wrath on me abide. 

And my damnation seal — 
Though into outer darkness thrust, 
I'll own the punishment is just. 

And clear my God in hell ! 

Cast in the mould of sin I am, 
Corrupt throughout my ruin'd frame. 

My essence all imclean : 
My total fall from God I mourn: 
In sin I was conceived and born, 

Whate'er I am is sin ! 

But thou requirest all our hearts. 
Truth rooted in the inward parts. 

Unspotted purity : 
And, by thy grace, I humbly trust 
To learn the wisdom of the just, 

In secret taught by thee. 

Part II. 

Stjeely thou wilt thy grace impart. 
Sprinkle the blood upon my heart 

•Which did for sinners flow: 
The blood that purges every sin, 
The blood that soon shall wash me clejin, 

And make me white as snow! 



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Thou wilt the mournful spirit cheer, 
And grant me once again to hear 

Thy sweet forgiving voice : 
That all my bones and inmost soul, 
Broken by thee, by thee made whole. 

May in thy strength rejoice. 

From my misdeeds avert thy face, 

The strength of sin — ^by pardoning grace- 

Of all my sin, remove : 
Forgive, O Lord ! but change me too. 
And perfectly my soul renew 

By sanctif3dng love. 

My wretchedness to thee convert : 
Give me a humble, contrite heart, 

My fallen soul restore : 
Let me the life divine attain. 
The image of my God regain. 

And never lose it more. 

Have patience till, by thee renew'd, 
I live the sinless life of God : 

Here let thy Spirit stay : 
Though I have grieved the gentle Dove, 
Ah ! do not quite withdraw thy love, 

Or take thy grace away ! 

The comfort of thy help restore. 
Assist me now as heretofore : 

O lift thou up my head ! 
The spirit of thy power impart, 
'Stablish and keep my faithful heart. 

And make me free indeed. 



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Then shall I teach the world thy ways, 
Thy mercy mild, thy pardoning grace, 

For every sinner free : 
Till sinners to thy grace submit, 
And fall at their Redeemer's feet. 

And weep and love like me. 



Part III. 

O MIGHT I weep and love thee now, 
God of my health, my Saviour thou ! 

Thou only canst release 
My soul from all iniquity : 
O speak the word, and set me free, 

And bid me go in peace ! 

So shall I sing the Saviour's name, 
Thy gift of righteousness proclaim, 

Thine all-redeeming grace : 
Open my lips, almighty Lord, 
That I thy mercy may record, 

And glory in thy praise ! 

1^0 creature-good dost thou desire, 
No costly sacrifice require : 

Thy pleasure is to give : 
Thou only seekest me, not mine : 
Thou would'st that I should take of tliine, 

Should all thy grace receive. 

A wounded spirit, by sin distrest, 
A broken heai't that pants for rest — 
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Well-pleasing in the sight of God : 
A sinner crush'd beneath his load 
Thou never wilt despise. 

Then hear the contrite sinner's prayer, 
And every ruin'd soul repair : 

Remember Sion's woe : 
Show forth thy justifying grace, 
And for thyself vouchsafe to raise 

A glorious church below. 

When thou hast seal'd thy people's peace, 
Their sacrifice of righteousness, 

Their gifts thou wilt approve : 
Their every thought, and word, and deed. 
That from a living faith proceed, 

And all are wrought in love. 

Laid on the altar of thy Son, 
Pleasing to thee through Christ alone. 

The dear peculiar race 
Their grateful sacrifice shall bring, 
And hymn their Father and their King- 
In endless songs of praise. 



PSALM LV. 

Verses 6, 7, 8. 

O THAT I had the silver wings 

Of the mild holy Dove, 
To bear me from all earthly things. 

And every creature-love. 



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Then would I swiftly fly away 

To Christ, and be at rest : 
On him my fluttering spirit stay, 

And hide me in his breast. 

Jesu, my hiding-place ! to thee 

I know not how to fly : 
Long have I struggled to be free, 

ISTor found deliverance nigh. 

Full oft in fruitless, fond desire, 

I to the desert ran ; 
But could not from myself retire, . 

Or 'scape the inner man. 

I took the morning's wings, and fled 

For rest to worlds unknown: 
Sin found me in the secret shade. 

And claim' d me for its own. 

O, who shall bid this self depart. 

This world of sin exclude ? 
Empty, and make my peaceful heart 

A holy solitude ? 

'Tis not the desert or the cell 

Can hide me from my pain : 
I carry with me my own hell 

While self and pride remain. 

A vile unworthy worm, my eyes 

I dare not lift to heaven : 
Let Him who sees me from the skies 

Speak all my sins forgiven. 



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PSALM LXI. 

Lord, attend my earnest prayer 

While in the vale "below: 
Hear me crying from afar, 

O'erwhelm'd with grief and woe : 
Let my heart no longer droop 

Beneath this weight of misery : 
Rock of Israel, take me up. 

And set my soul on thee. 

Thou hast oft my shelter been. 

My strong defensive tower : 
Saved me from the world and sin. 

And all the accuser's power. 
Still I in thy house abide, 

And never, never hence remove 
Still determined to confide 

In thy redeeming love. 

Thou, O God, my vows hast heard. 

And given me my request. 
Earnest of the joys prepared 

For all that know thy rest : 
Thou, Lord, the portion art 

Of those that humbly fear thy name 
Thou hast visited my heart, 

And thine, in Christ, I am. 

One of Jesu's kings I reign, 
Wash'd in his cleansing blood ; 

Kighteous before God remain, 
And live the life of God ; 



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Ready is thy truth and grace 
Still to preserve and perfect me : 

Thou wilt lengthen out my days 
To all eternity. 

Joyful in this blessed hope, 

O glorify thy name ! 
Till thy mercy take me up, 

Thy mercy I proclaim: 
Throughout every hapj^y day 

On this delightful task attend: 
All I o^ve in love repay. 

And love thee to the end. 



PSALM LXIIl 

O God, thou art in Jesus mine ! . 
For thee I sigh, for thee I pine. 

And pant thy power to prove : 
My longing soul implores thy grace, 
In a dry, barren wilderness, 

Unwater'd by thy love. 

Thee, thee my restless heart requires. 
And all I am, with strong desires 

Thy glorious power to see : 
To see thee, as I once beheld. 
My pardoning God in Christ reveal'd, 

My Lord, who died for me ! 

Thy love doth all delights exceed! 
Thy precious love is life indeed : 
My lips shall sing thy praise: 
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My hands I lift in Jesu's name : 
My life and strength, and all I am, 
Shall glorify thy grace. 

Thee, Lord, my latest breath shall bless 
My joyful lips shall never cease 

To glory in thy love : 
My sonl shall feast on heavenly meat. 
With sacred joy thy praise repeat, 

ISloY envy those above. 

On thee I muse with pure delight : 
Through all the happy hours of night 

I lean as on thy breast : 
Beneath the shadow of thy Aviug, 
Jesus, my Peace, my Joy, I sing. 

My everlasting Rest ! 

My soul pursues and hangs on thee: 
Thy hand upholds and strengthens me 

And me thou still wilt save 
From all who seek my soul to slay: 
My foes shall fall by beasts of prey, 

Or sink into the o'rave. 



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Who deal in lies and perjury, 

For ever stopp'd their mouth shall be ; 

But who their God revere. 
With Jesu's kings shall lift their voice, 
With Jesu's confessors rejoice, 

And reign triumphant there. 



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PSALM LXVII. 

God on us his grace bestow, 

His freely-pardoning grace : 
Bless ns from our sins, and show 

The brightness of his face ! 
Let thy way on earth be shown : 

Thee let every sinner find, 
Make the great salvation known 

To us, and all mankind. 

Let the people praise thee, Lord, 

The God of truth and grace : 
Thee, the everlasting Word, 

Let all the people praise ! 
O give thanks, rejoice, and sing. 

Every creature under heaven : 
Let them triumph in their King, 

And shout their sins forgiven. 

Thou shalt judge the nations right. 

Thy equal sway maintain : 
Kule them by thy mercy's might, 

And bless them by thy reign. 
Let the people praise thee. Lord, 

Thee, the God of truth and grace ! 
Thee the everlasting Word, 

Let all the nations praise ! 

Then to perfect holiness 

The earth her fruit shall have : 



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God, our God, his saints shall bless, 

And to the utmost save. 
God shall perfect us in one : 

Then the world their Lord shall see, 
Thee the nations all shall own. 

And give their hearts to thee. 



PSALM LXXIII. 

Verse 25. 

Ever nigh to those who call, 
Jesus, thou art All in all, 
Righteous Advocate of love, 
Seated near the throne above : 
I to Salem's gates draw near, 
Fearless when thy voice I hear. 

Whom have I, but thee, to plead ? 
Twas thyself alone that bled ! 
Who but thee could e'er prevail ? 
Legions of archangels fail! 
Only thou to us art given. 
Only thou, the King of heaven. 

Whom on earth but thee have I ? 
Who but thee for me would die ? 
Who can every care relieve ? 
Who can every blessing give ? 
Who can every sickness heal? 
Who can mysteries reveal? 

When impending storms appear. 
Who can save, or who can cheer ? 



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Who can re-create the heart ? 
Who can life and "bliss impart? 
Only thou, my glorious Lord, 
Thou alone canst all aiFord! 

Let me not from thee e'er swerve, 
Only thee I'll love and serve : 
Only thou shalt be my theme, 
Only thou — resolved I am ! 
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? 
Who on earth compared can be ? 



PSALM LXXXIV. 

How lovely are thy tents, O Lord, 
Where'er thou choosest to record 

Thy name, or place thy house of prayer ! 
My soul outflies the angel-choir, 
And faints, o'erpower'd with strong desire, 

To meet thy special presence there. 

Happy the men to whom 'tis given 
To dwell within that gate of heaven, 

And in thy house record thy praise : 
Whose strength and confidence thou art, 
Who feel thee, Sa\dour, in their heart, 

The way, the truth, the life of grace : 

Who, passing through the mournful vale, 
Drink comfort from the living w^ell 
■ That flows replenish'd from above : 



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From strength to strength advancing here, 
Till all before their God appear, 

And each receives his crown of love! 

O Lord of hosts, incline thine ear ! 
Thou mighty God of Jacob, hear! 

Accept me in thy favourite Son: 
O look on thy Messiah's face, 
And grant me, for his sake, the grace 

To live and die to thee alone. 

Better a day thy courts within, 
Than thousands in the tents of sin : 

How base the noblest pleasures there! 
How great the weakest child of thine ! 
His meanest task is all Divine ; 

And kings and priests thy servants are. 

The Lord protects and cheers his own : 
Their light and strength, their shield and sun, 

He shall both grace and glory give : 
Unlimited his bounteous grant : 
ISTo real good they e'er shall want : 

All, all is theirs, who upright live. 

O Lord of hosts, how bless'd is he 
Who steadfastly believes in thee ! 

He all thy promises shall gain : 
The soul that on thy loA^e is cast, 
Thy perfect love on earth shall taste. 

And soon with thee in glory reign. 



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PSALM LXXXV. 

Verses 7, 13. 

The tokens of thy favour show ; 

]^ow, Sayiour, now the grace imj^art, 
And let us thy salvation know, 

Forgiveness written on our heart. 
My soul pursues the Spirit's prayer ; 

I listen for the sacred sign ; 
The Lord shall soon his will declare, 

And answer me in peace divine. 

His peace he to his saints shall give, 

And speak into their hearts his power ; 
But let them to their Saviour cleave, 

And sin against his love no more. 
Surely his saving health is near. 

And humble souls the grace shall feel : 
That glory may on earth aj^pear. 

That Jesus in our hearts may dwell. 

Mercy and truth in concert sweet 

To accomplish our redemption join : 
Justice and peace together meet • 

Harmonious in the plan divine. 
Sinners the faithful God can clear. 

His truth and grace their souls release : 
Justice, inflexibly severe. 

Absolves them with a kiss of peace. 

Truth shall spring up, the truth of grace, 
From earthly souls through Christ forgiven, 



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While God reveals his smiling face, 

And righteousness looks down from heaven. 

The Lord from all our sins shall save : 
The souls his love delights to bless 

Shall thrive, and flourish fair, and have 
Their fruit to perfect holiness. 

Foremost of the celestial train ' 

His righteousness shall still proceed, 
Release us from our guilty chain. 

And on to glorious freedom lead. 
In all his steps the heavenly Guide 

Shall lead us up to things above ; 
And, planted in our heart, abide. 

And perfect us in sinless love. 



PSALM XC. 

Verse 12. 

God of my life, preserved by grace, 

Like Moses' bush amidst the fire ! 
Teach me to count aright my days. 

With wisdom pure my heart inspire 
That, busied with the one concern, 

I may my remnant-life employ 
Thy meek humility to learn 

And enter thy celestial joy. 

In number as my days decrease. 
In value. Lord, I know they rise ; 

And every moment makes them less, 
And biinofs me nearer to the skies ; 



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If taught by thee my hours to improve, 

My hours I on account receive, 
And live to win thy precious love. 

And only to thy glory live. 

Thy Spirit now if thou infuse. 

My latter end I wisely Aveigh, 
No more the important moments lose, 

No more neglect to watch and pray : 
Stirr'd up to seek the God unknown. 

My soul awakes to righteousness ; 
And strives, and pants, and wrestles on 

For power to live and die in peace. 

This instant now I cease from sin, 

This instant now I turn to thee, 
And trust thy blood to make me clean 

From all, from all imj)urity : 
The current of thy powerful blood 

Shall all my mountain-sins remove — 
Wash off, wash out, my nature's load, 

And waft me to the port above. 



PSALM CIV. 

Verse 15. 

Thee, Father, Son, and Spirit, we 
Our kind Preserver praise, 

"While in thy threefold gifts Ave see 
And taste thy threefold grace. 



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Thou feed'st the needy sons of men, 
Thou dost our strength renew, 

With corn, and wine, and oil sustain 
Our fainting spirits too. 

Father, in thee we taste the bread 

That cheers the church above. 
And drink, from sin and sorroAY freed 

The wine of Jesu's love 
The oil of joy the Spirit of grace 

To us himself imparts. 
The oil that brightens every face 

And gladdens all our hearts. 

With awful thanks we now receive 

Our emblematic food: 
On Father, Son, and Spirit live. 

And daily feast on God. 
We to thy glory drink and eat. 

Till all from earth remove. 
The endless praises to repeat 

Of all-sustaining love. 



PSALM ex. 

Verses i, 2, 3. 

The Lord imto my Lord hath said, 

" Sit thou, in glory sit. 
Till I thine enemies have made 

To bow beneath thy feet." 



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Jesu, my Lord, mighty to save, 
What can my hopes withstand. 

When thee my Advocate I have, 
Enthroned at God's right hand ? 

Natm-e is subject to thy word, 

All power to thee is given, 
The uncontroll'd almighty Lord 

Of hell, and earth, and heaven. 

And shall my sins thy Avill oppose ? 

Jesn, thy right maintain ! 
O let not thy usurping foes 

In me thy servant reign ! 

Come, then, and claim me for thine own ; 

Saviour, thy right assert ! 
Come, gracious Lord, set up thy throne, 

And reign within my heart ! 

So shall I bless thy pleasing sway ; 

And, sitting at thy feet, 
Thy laws with all my heart obey. 

With all my soul submit. • 

So shall I do thy will below. 

As angels do above : 
The virtue of thy passion show, 

The triumphs of thy love. 

Thy love the conquest more than gains : 
To all I shall proclaim, 
" Jesus, the King, the Conqueror, reigns : 
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To thee shall earth and hell submit, 
And every foe shall fall, 

Till death expires beneath thy feet, 
And God is all in all. 



PSALM CXVI. 

O God, who, when I did complain. 

Didst all my griefs remove! 
O Saviour! do not now disdain 

My humble praise and love! 

Since thou a gentle ear didst give, 

And hear me when I pray'd, 
I'll call upon thee while I live, 
. And never doubt thine aid. 

Pale death, with all its ghastly train, 

My soul encompass'd round: 
Anguish, and woe, and hellish pain, 

Tao soon, alas! I found. 

Then to the Lord of Life I pray'd. 

And did for succour flee: 
' O save," in my distress I said, 
"The soul that trusts in thee!" 

How good and just, how large his grace ! 

How easy to forgive! 
The simple he delights to raise; 

And by his love I live. 



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Then, O my soul, be still! nor more 
With anxious thoughts distrest ! 

God's bounteous love does thee restore 
To wonted ease and rest. 

My eyes no longer drown'd in tears, 

My feet from stumbling free, 
Redeem'd from death and guilty fears, 

O Lord, I'll live to thee ! 



PSALM CXVIIL 

Verses 17, 21. 

I SHALL not die in sin, but live : 
To Christ, my Lord, the glory give. 

His miracles of grace declare : 
When he the work of faith hath done. 
When I have put his image on. 

And fruit unto perfection bear. 

The Lord hath sorely chasten'd me, 
And bruised for mine iniquity; 

Yet mercy would not give me up: 
Caught from the jaws of second death, 
Pluck'd out of the devourer's teeth. 

He bids me now rejoice in hope. 

Open the gates of righteousness : 
Receive me into Christ my Peace, 

That I his praises may record: 
He is the Truth, the Life, the Way : 
The portal of eternal day. 

The gate of heaven, is Christ my Lord. 



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Through him the just shall enter in, 
Saved to the uttermost from sin : 

Already saved from all its power: 
The Lord my righteousness I praise, 
And calmly wait the perfect grace, 

When, born of God, I sin no more. 



PSALM CXIX. 

5^ ALEPH. PART I. 

Blessed are the pure in heart. 

Those who never disohey, 
Never from their Lord depart, 

Never leave his perfect way. 
From all sin entirely free, 

Here they walk with God above: 
Born again, and saints indeed. 

Fully perfected in love. 

Blessed are the creatures new, 
Who the law divine fulfil, 

God with all their powers pursue, 
Answer all his holy will. 

They in thought shall sin no more, 
They in all his righteous ways 

Walk, beyond the tempter's power- 
To the utmost saved by grace. 

Thou hast charged us. Lord, to obey 
All thy words with all our heart: 

From the rule we may not stray, 
May not in our thoughts depart. 



OF THE PSALMS. 557 

O might I through life be led 

By the unction from above, 
In thy every statute tread, 

Keep the law by perfect love ! 

Then, and not before, shall I 

Stand above the reach of shame : 
Sin and Satan's charge defy, 

Free from every touch of blame. 
When I thy commandments keep, 

When I have respect to all. 
Then my foot shall never slip. 

Then from thee I shall not fall. 

Soon as I have learnt thy ways, 

With a perfect heart and pure 
Thee I shall for ever praise. 

Faithful to the end endure. 
Only keep me. Lord, till then : 

Do not from my Aveakness move 
Till my soul is born again, 

Strono' in all the life of love ! 



^ BETH. PART II. 

How shall a weak, sinful youth 

Find his conscience purified? 
Let him heed the voice of truth, 

Let him in thy word abide. 
There the Inward Guide shall meet, 

Teach his sprinkled heart to obey. 
Back recall his starting feet. 

Lead him in the perfect way. 



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All my heart hath sought thy face: 

Do not suffer me to rove 
From thy own appointed ways, 

From the precepts of thy love. 
I have stood in constant awe, 

Treasur'd up thy word within, 
Lest I should transgress thy law, 

Grieve thee by the smallest sin. 

Source of happiness thou art : 

Me, even me, vouchsafe to bless ; 
Wisdom in thy law imj^art: 

Teach me, Lord, thy righteous ways. 
With my lips have I declared 

All the words that came from thine : 
Toil is here its own reward, 

Happiness and duty join. 

Li the records of thy love 

I have found a mine of joy : 
All my treasure is above. 

While thy words my thoughts employ 
Still to search thy Avord of grace. 

This my sweet employ shall be : 
Still to know thy pleasant ways — 

Still to love and walk in thee. 



5 GIMEL. PART III. 

Thy unworthy servant. Lord, 
AVith abundant grace receive ; 

That I may fulfil thy word, 
Bid me by thy mercy live. 



OF THE PSALMS. 559 

Open thou mine inward eyes, 
From the book the veil remove, 

That I may discern the prize, 
The high prize of perfect love. 

Known on earth to none but thee, 

Here a banish' d man I roam : 
Let me thy commandments see, 

Show the light that guides me liome. 
All their deep design reveal, 

All their inward power impart, 
'Grave them with thy Spirit's seal 

On the tables of my heart. 

Faints my soul with strong desire 

All thy counsels to fulfil : 
Only this I still require — 

Let me do thy perfect will. 
Wretched and accursed are they, 

Bruised by thy afflictive rod, 
Who from thy commandments stray, 

Proudly sin against their God. 

Far from me, Lord, remove 

Foul re]3roach and guilty shame : 
I to keep thy law have strove, 

I have suffer' d for thy name. 
Mighty men and princes sat, 

Threateniug in the scorner's chair : 
All their haughty anger's weight 

Meekly I rejoiced to bear. 

Still I own'd thee for my Lord : 
Thee I fear'd, and thee alone : 
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Musing in the written word, 
In the power of God went on. 

Strength, and counsel, and delight, 
By the w^ord I still receive: 

By the word I walk aright, 
By the word for ever live. 



To the dust my spirit cleaves. 

Quicken me, my Life, my Lord! 
Thee, my humbled soul receives, 

Trembling hangs upon thy word. 
I have all my sin declared : 

Once thou didst my pardon seal : 
Show me now my prayer is heard, 

Teach me now. thy perfect will. 

Teach me thy commands to do, 

So shall I proclaim thy praise, 
Joyfully to sinners show 

All the wonders of thy grace. 
Melts my soul with guilt dismay'd. 

Heavy-laden and opprest: 
Send me. Lord, the promised aid. 

Give the weary sinner rest. 

Every evil word and way 

Far from me, O God, remove ! 
Teach my willing heart to obey 

All the gracious law of love. 
I have chose the better part, 

The true way of life divine : 
Thou my only portion art : 

All thy pleasure shall be mine. 



OF THE PSALMS. 561 

Lord, I unto thee have cleaved : 

Put me not to endless shame — 
Me, who have thy truth received, 

Me, who all thy promise claim! 
Set my heart at liberty. 

Swiftly then my soul shall move. 
Run the way iDrescribed by thee, 

All the way of perfect love. 



Teach me Lord, the perfect way, 

Me, who on thy love depend; 
Then I in thy laws shall stay, 

I shall keep them to the end. 
Wisdom from above impart : 

Taught according to thy will, 
I shall then, with all my heart, 

All thy kind commands fulfil. 

Cause me in thy paths to go — 

All my comfort and delight: 
All my happiness below 

Is— with thee to walk aright. 
Set my heart on things above: 

Heavenward let it still aspire, 
Far from every creature-love. 

Far from every low desire. 

Turn away my roving eyes 
From beholding vanity: 

Let me m thine image rise, 
Find my hidden life in thee. 



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fulfil the hallowing word, 
Perfected in filial fear: 

Make the servant as his Lord, 
Holy, pure, and spotless here. 

Turn away my dire disgrace, 
Turn away the dreaded ill : 

True and righteous are thy ways. 
Full of love unsearchable. 

1 have long'd thy ways to know : 
Quicken this dead soul <j£ mine, 

Wholly sanctified below, 
• Fill'd with all the life divine. 



Show me thy salvation. Lord, 
Visit me wdth pardoning grace : 

be mindful of thy w^ord. 

Let the promise now take place : 
That to him who dares upbraid 
Boldly I may make reply, 
"I have God my refuge made, 
Still I on thy word rely." 

The good work of truth from me 
Do not utterly remove : 

1 have long'd, thou know'st, to see. 
See, and taste thy faithful love : 

I have long'd to do thy will : 
I (if thou vouchsafe the power) 

All thy pleasure shall fulfil. 
Keep thy law, and sin no more. 



OF THE PSALMS. 563 

Following after righteousness, 

I the blessing shall attain : 
Slavish fear and sin shall cease : 

I shall soon he born again : 
Walk in glorious liberty : 

Bold to kings thy truth proclaim — 
Tell them, they may reign like me, 

More than kings through Jesu's name. 

Thee, O Lord, I will obey: 

Thee with vast delight pursue : 
Walking in thy pleasant way, 

Glad thy dear commands to do: 
Lo! for this I lift my hands, 

With a solemn oath approve 
All thy merciful commands. 

All thy gracious law of love. 

Still to search the sacred word 

My delightful task shall be: 
Waiting here to meet my Lord 

Fully manifest in me : 
Sweetly musing day and night 

On the dear Redeemer's grace, 
Till I gain that heavenly height. 

Till I see thee face to face. 



•f ZAIN. PART VII. 

Thee, O Lord, the good, the just, 
Triie and faithful, I receive : 

Keep thy word in which I trust. 
Thou who gavest me to believe 



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Hoping for thy promised aid, 
Comfort in my grief I find : 

This my fainting mind hath stay'd, 
Still it stays my fainting mind. 

Me the proud have greatly scorn'd; 

Yet I still unshaken stood, 
NeA^er from thy statutes turn'd, 

jN"ever left the narrow road. 
On thine ancient works I thought, 

Look'd again the same to see : 
Thou of old hast wonders wrought, 

Wonders thou shalt work for me. 

Fearless of the scorner's power. 

Fearful for their souls I was. 
Saw hell open to devour 

All who break thy righteous laws: 
Lord, thy laws my songs have been 

In my pilgrimage below, 
Kept by them from woe and sin. 

In a world of sin and woe. 

Thee I have remember'd, Lord, 

Musing in the silent night. 
Loved thy name, and kept thy word 

Pure and permanent delight, 
I did in thy precepts prove : 

Heaven on earth obedience is. 
Perfect liberty and love. 

Perfect power, and perfect peace. 



OF THE PSALMS. 565 



>-; CHETH. PART VIII. 



Thou my portion art, Lord I 

Long-resolved through thee I am 
To fulfil thine, every word, 

Give me but the help I claim : 
All my heart hath sought thy face, 

Still thy favour I implore : 
Grant me now the promised grace. 

Bid me sro and sin no more. 



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All my sins I call'd to mind, 

Own'd, and left them all for God : 
Labour'd the right Avay to find, 

Thee with earnest zeal pursued: 
Turn'd my feet without delay: 

Long'd thine utmost will to prove. 
Eager all thy law to obey, 

Restless to retrieve thy love. 

Spoird and hated for thy sake. 

Thee I never would forego, 
Would not from thy law turn back ; 

O my Life, my Heaven below. 
Thee I all day long will praise, 

Thee I will at midnight sing. 
True and righteous are thy ways, 

Glory to my God and King ! 

Join'd to all who fear the Lord, 
Them my dearest friends I own : 

Them that keep thy holy word. 

Saved bv o-race throuo-h faith alone. 



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Earth is full of love divine : 
Love divine for all is free: 

Teach me then the law benign ; 
Guide, and save, and perfect me. 



'■Q TETH. PART IX. 

LoED, thou hast thy word fulfill'd, 

Good and gracious as thou art, 
On my heart the promise seal'd. 

Wrote forgiveness on my heart! 
Teach me then thy perfect will, 

I thine every word receive : 
All thy law in me fulfil : 

Lord, I dare, I dare believe. 

Long I wander'd from my God 

Till affliction call'd me back: 
Kow I in thy paths have trod. 

Them I will no more forsake. 
Good thou art, and good thou dost. 

Full of truth and full of grace : 
Save me. Lord, to the uttermost. 

Teach me all thy righteous ways. 

Me the proud wdth lies pursued: 

I observed thy precepts still. 
Waiting in the ways of God 

To perform thine utmost will. 
Gross and callous is their heart, 

Nothing can their hardness move ; 
But my whole delight thou art. 

Thee and all thy laws I love. 



OF THE PSALMS. 567 

Good it is for me to have knovrn 

The sad lesson of distress, 
That I might my Teacher own, 

That I might my Saviom- bless. 
Taught by thine afflictive hand, 

]S"ow I know thy law to obey: 
^NTow I clearly understand 

Suffering is the perfect way. 

Truth and grace unsearchable 

In the sacred volume shine : 
WIio the Vv'orth immense can tell 

Of that oracle divine ? 
Precious are thy sayings, Lord ! 

What a depth in each I see ! 
What a treasure is thy word! 

More than all the w^orld to me ! 



'n JOD. PART X. 

Til OF, O Lord, my Maker art: 

Mould and fashion thy own clay; 
Give me a wise and docile heart 

Teach thy creature to obey. 
Then the servants of my Lord 

Me, with holy joy, shall see : 
Me, who hang upon thy word — 

Me, who only trust in thee. 

Just and right are all thy ways, 
By. affliction taught, I know: 

Faithful to thy word of grace. 
Thou hast laid my sj^irit low. 



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Lord, I in thy promise hope : 
All thy mercy I implore: 

Let thy mercy lift me up, 
Lift me up to fall no more. 

Visit me in tender love, 

For thy law is my delight : 
Fain I all thy life would prove, 

Walk accepted in thy sight. 
Put my haughty foes to shame : 

Men of hearts perverse are they : 
But I ever fear thy name. 

Ever in thy statutes stay. 

Those that have thy precepts known, 

Those that fear and worship thee, 
Turn and gather into one. 

Join them to thyself and me. 
Make my heart, like theirs, sincere, 

That I may triumphant rise, 
Bold before my Judge ajDpear, 

Claim my mansion in the skies. 



Weary, faint, through long delay, 

Waiting for thy saving love, 
On thy word my soul I stay. 

Trust thine utmost grace to prove 
Fail mine eyes with looking up. 

Long thy promises to see : 
When thou, Object of my love. 

Wilt thou come and comfort me ? 



OF THE PSALMS. 569 

Shrivel!' d and dried up am I ; 
Yet thy law I do not leave : 
'' Lord, how long," I ever ciy, 

"Shall thy helj^less servant grieve? 
When shall all my grieJfe be past ? 
When shall all my sins be o'er ? 
Judge and slay my foes at last, 
Make me more than conqueror." 

Sinners have thy law broke through, 

My unwary soul to ensnare ; 
Yet thy laws are good and true, 

True their awful sanctions are : 
Me, the persecuting foe 

Is still ready to devour : 
Help me, Lord, my sins o'erthrow, 

Save me from the tempter's power. 

Here my soul had almost fail'd. 

Sunk into the burning pit ; 
But I still thy precepts held. 

Would not thy commands forget. 
Give me now thy life to feel. 

Quicken this dead soul of mine, 
So I shall thy law fulfil. 

All thy law in love divine. 



Faithful, everlasting Lord, 

Standard of all truth and good I 

Thy invariable word 

From eternity hath stood — 



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To eternity it stands : 
This fair universal frame, 

'Stablish'd by almighty hands, 
SjDeaks its great Creator's fame. 

Such as thou didst first ordain, 

Heaven and earth continue still : 
Still thy word doth all sustain, 

All obey thy sovereign will. 
Had I not with joy abode 

In the word of truth and grace, 
I had sunk beneath my load, 

I had never seen thy face. 

From the precepts of thy law 

N"ever will I, Lord, depart : 
They have kept my soul in awe, 

They have comforted my heart. 
Save me. Lord, for I am thine : 

I have all thy precepts sought, 
Long'd to keep the law divine. 

Spotless both in word and thought. 

Sinners have beset my way. 

Sought my ruin to insure ; 
But I in thy precepts stay. 

Here I stand and walk secure. 
All of excellence beside 

Here I see its doom receives ; 
But thy word shall still abide. 

But thy word for ever lives. 



OF THE PSALMS. 5/1 



PART XIII. 



How do I tliy precepts love ! 

Musing on thy word all day, 
Through the sacred leaves I rove : 

Here I could for ever stay. 
Wiser than mine enemies 

I through thy commandments am; 
Kept thereby in perfect peace, 

All thy promises I claim. 

More than all my teachers I, 

Through thy testimonies, know: 
I to these my heart apply. 

Let all other knowledo-e 2:0. 
Wiser than ungracious age 

I, who in thy statutes tread, 
Guided by the sacred page, 

Virtue is the hoary head. 

I from every evil way 

Have refrain' d my weary feet, 
That I might thy word obey, 

Might to all thy will submit. 
I have not thy paths forsook: 

Thou thyself hast been my guide, 
Kept me by the sacred book. 

Made me in thy word abide. 

O what manna is thy word ! 

O what vast delight I meet! 
When I taste my gracious Lord, 

Honey is not half so sweet. 



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Heavenly wisdom here I gain, 
Walking in thy word with thee, 

Every evil way disdain : 
Thou art all in all to me. 



5 NUN. PART XIV. 

LoED, thy word's unerring light 

As a lamp my path doth show, 
Guides my steady feet aright: 

Every one that doth shall know. 
I have sworn to do thy will: 

Through thine all-sufficient grace, 
I shall all my vows fulfil. 

Shall fulfil all righteousness. 

Troubled and distress'd I am ; 

O be mindful of thy word ! 
Grant the promised help I claim, 

Speak me now to life restored. 
Thanks for all thy former grace 

From a willing heart receive : 
Still instruct me in thy ways. 

Bid me to thy glory live. 

Lord, my life is in my hand, 

Ever sinking into hell ; 
Yet I in thy precepts stand. 

In the paths of duty dwell. 
Me the world hath sought to ensnare, 

Joining with my treacherous heart. 
Yet from thee I did not err, 

"Would not from thy statutes start. 



OF THE PSALMS. 573 

I have thy commandments took 

For my heritage below : 
From the vokime of thy book 

All my joys and comforts flow, 
In obedience to thy will 

I have long'd my life to spend, 
All thy statutes to fulfil, 

Serve and love thee to the end. 



EvEEY evil thought and vain, 

Lord, thou know'st I disapprove 
Sin with all my heart disdain : 

Only thy pure law I love. 
Thou my shield on every side, 

Thou my sure asylum art : 
In thy promise I confide. 

Will not from thy word depart. 

Sinners, hence! be far away. 

Ye that evil paths pursue ! 
I will only God obey, 

I v»dll his commandments do. 
Hold my feeble goings up : 

Lord, thy promise I receive, 
I shall then obtain my hope. 

Free from sin for ever live. 

O support me with thy hand. 
And I then shall walk secure, 

Keep thy every kind command. 
Faithful to the end endure I 



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All who from thy statutes stray 
Thou, in wrath, hast trodden down 

False, deceitful souls are they — 
They and wickedness are one. 

Them thou dost as dross at last 

From the face of earth remove : 
Therefore will I hold thee fast, 

Thee and thy commandments love. 
Thee, with reverential fear. 

Just and merciful I see, 
Tremble at thy judgments near, 

Triumph in thy grace to me. 



JJ AIN. PART XVI. 

LoED, thou know'st my uprightness : 

I to all have justly done : 
Suffer not my foes to oj^press 

One that hurts and injures none. 
Answer for thy servant, thou : 

Let not haughty man devour: 
Save mine innocency now : 

Snatch me from the oppressor's power, 

Fail mine eyes with looking up 

Thy salvation here to see : 
Still I for the proinise hope — 

All the promise is for me. 
With thy meanest servant, Lord, 

Deal according to thy grace : 
O fulfil thy foithful -word, 

Teach me all thy righteous ways ! 



OF THE PSALMS. 575 

Only thee I serve below: 

Grant me wisdom from above, 
That I may thy statutes know, 

Know thee by obedient love. 
Lord, 'tis time to apply thy hand: 

Sinners cry, "It cannot be : 
God who gave the vain command. 

Cannot keep it all in me." 

Therefore will I love thee more : 

All thy dear commandments prize, 
An inestimable store. 

Good they are, and right, and wise : 
Practicable all through thee 

I shall find the perfect power : 
See them all fulfill' d in me. 

Live renew'd and sin no more. 



5 PE. PART XVII. 

Wo:n'derfijL thy statutes are ; 

Therefore doth my soul regard, 
Keep them with an awful care. 

Find them here my great reward. 
Soon as e'er thy word takes place, 

Light it doth and wisdom give : 
Then the children learn thy ways, 

Then the simple hearts believe. 

Lord, I have with strong desire 

Panted to obey thy will, 
Give thee all thy laws require. 

All thy gracious words fulfil. 

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I thy j^romised mercy claim: 
See me, with compassion see ! 

Join to those who love thy name. 
Perfect all thy love m me ! 

Help me in thy steps to tread, 

Let not sin dominion have. 
Till thou make me free indeed. 

Till thou to the utmost save. 
Save me from the world and sin, 

So will I thy precepts do, 
When thy law is wrote within, 

When I am a creature new. 

Lord, I am and will be thine : 

Show me thy enlightening grace, 
Cause on me thy face to shine. 

Teach me all thy righteousness: 
Teach the souls o'er whom I weej), 

For whose sins mine eyes o'erflow 
O that all thy laAv would keep ! 

O that all thy love would know ! 



PART XVIII. 



SovEEEiGisT", everlasting Lord, 

Thou art perfect righteousness : 
Pure is thine unerring word. 

Upright are thy high decrees : 
Righteous all thy statutes are : 

Thee "the merciful" they prove 
Thee " the faithful '■ they declare, 

Full of truth, and full of love. 



OF THE PSALMS. ^']^ 

Swallow' d up with fervent zeal 

Mj presumptuous foes I see, 
Who against my God rebel, 

Slight the law prescribed by thee. 
Holy is thy word and right; 

Therefore doth my heart embrace, 
Loves it with a pure delight. 

Freely, joyfully obeys. 

Small I am in mine own eyes. 

Poor and despicably low ; 
Yet I still thy precepts prize, 

Will not from thy statutes go : 
Truth and righteousness divine 

Essence of thy precej)ts is : 
Truth which shall through ages shine, 

Everlasting righteousness. 

Pain, and anguish, and affright 

Oft my troubled soul assail ; 
Yet thy law is my delight. 

Stays when all my comforts fail : 
Xever can thy word remove : 

Thou the heavenly wisdom give 
I shall then be saved by love, 

Free from sin for ever live. 



P 



PART XIX. 



Hear me, O my gracious Lord ! 
" Help," with all my heart I cried : 
Fix'd I am to keep thy word, 
Save me, or my goings slide ! 



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"Save me," still I cried to thee, 
"Save me from the tempter's will: 
I shall then the promise see, 
I shall all thy law fulfil." 

Thee, before the dawn of day, 

Hath my eager soul pursued, 
Cried, and waited in the way, 

Hoped for my redeeming God. 
To behold thy lovely face 

Many a sleepless night I mourn, 
Musing on the word of grace. 

Watching for my Lord's return. 

Hear me. Lord, in tender love. 

Good and gracious as thou art : 
All the death of sin remove. 

Quicken this poor drooping heart. 
They that hunt my soul draw nigh, 

Full of mischievous design. 
Bold thy threatenings to defy, 

Tramplers on thy law divine. 

But thou nearer art, O Lord! 

True thy every precept is: 
Sure is the annex'd reward. 

Sure the dreadful penalties. 
Damn'd are they that disbelieve. 

Thou hast fix'd the firm decree 
Saved, whoe'er the truth receive, 

Saved to all eternity ! 



OF THE PSALMS. 579 



PART XX. 



See and save me in distress ! 

Lo ! on thee my soul I stay, 
Looking for thy kind release, 

Longing all thy law to obey ! 
O my dear redeeming Lord, 

Plead my cause with God above : 
Mindful of thy gracious Avord, 

Quicken me by faith and love ! 

Strangers to thy saving grace, 

They who cast thy laws behind, 
Sinners will not seek thy face — 

Thee, while all who seek, may find. 
But thy grace for all is free : 

Lord, thy proffer I receive. 
Show thy faithfulness on me. 

Bid me by thy mercy live. 

Sin, the world, and hell oppose 

This weak, helpless soul of mine : 
Safe I walk through all my foes. 

Do not from thy paths decline. 
Sinners I with pity saw. 

Grieved for their iniquity. 
Wretches that transgress'd thy law. 

Fled from happiness and thee. 

How do I thy precepts love ! 

My desires to thee are known: 
All thy life I long to prove 

Save me by thy grace alone. 



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Lives the promise of thy grace, 
Stood from the beginning sure, 

Every word of righteousness 
Shall from aee to ag^e endure. 



"^ SCHIN. PART XXI. 

Pei^^ces have, with cruel rage. 

Causelessly my soul pursued: 
Resting on the sacred page, 

I could only look to God. 
Fill'd with reverential awe. 

Still I in thy word confide : 
Fearing to transgress thy law, 

ISTothing can I fear beside. 

Joyful at thy word, as one 

That hath found a precious store, 
There I search for bliss unknown, 

Every other quest give o'er. 
Hating all deceitful ways, 

I thy law with joy approve, 
Offer thee continual praise. 

Bless thee for thy faithful love. 

They that in thy law delight. 

Kept in perfect peace below, 
Stand unshaken, by thy might 

IS'othing shall their steps o'erthrow. 
I have languish'd for thy grace, 

Grace that makes salvation known. 
Kept me in thy righteous ways, 

Gladly thy commandments done. 



OF THE PSALMS. 581 

Every word enjoin' d by thee 

Joyfully my soul approved, 
With unfeign'd sincerity 

All thy testimonies loved. 
All my ways are in thy sight, 

I on thee alone depend: 
Lord, direct my goings right, 

Lead and save me to the end ! 



Jl TAU. PART XXII. 

LoED, regard my earnest cry, 
Hear me from thy holy place: 

Give me the enlighten'd eye. 

Guide me by thy promised grace ! 

accept my humble prayer. 
Bring the promised succours in : 

Save me from the fowler's snare, 
Save me from the world and sin ! 

Me when thou hast taught thy way, 
By the unction from above, 

1 thy glory shall display. 

Show the v>^onders of thy love : 
Joyfully thy name declare, 

Never from thy praises cease : 
Righteous all thy judgments are, 

True are all thy promises. 

Reach me out thy helping hand : 
I -have chose the better part. 

Loved thine every kind command, 
Long'd to keep them, from my heart. 



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I have thy salvation sought, 
Happy could I do thy will, 

Pure in deed, and word, and thought, 
Could I all thy law fulfil. 

Let me in thine image live, 

Fully by thy word restore: 
Thee I then thine own shall give. 

Love and praise thee evermore. 
Fain I would thy statutes keep, 

Spotless as my Master be : 
Jesus, seek thy wandering sheep. 

Make me all-complete in thee. 



PSALM CXXI. 

To the hills I lift mine eyes. 

The everlasting hills : 
Streaming thence in fresh supplies 

My soul the Spirit feels. 
Will he not his help afibrd ? 

Help, while yet I ask, is given: 
God comes down — the God and Lord 

That made both earth and heaven. 

Faithful soul, pray always — pray. 

And still in God confide : 
He thy feeble steps shall stay, 

Nor suffer thee to slide : 
Lean on thy Redeemer's breast: 

He thy quiet spirit keeps. 



OF THE PSALMS. 583 

Kest in him, securely rest : 
Thy Watchman never sleeps. 

I^either sin, nor earth, nor hell 

Thy Keeper can surprise : 
Careless slumber cannot steal 

On his all-seemg eyes : 
He is Israel's sure defence : 

Israel all his care shall prove. 
Kept by watchful providence. 

And ever-waking love. 

See the Lord thy Keeper stand 

Omnipotently near : 
Lo! he holds thee by thy hand,; 

And banishes thy fear : 
Shadows with his wings thy head. 

Guards from all impending harms : 
Round thee and beneath are spread 

The everlasting arms. 

Thee in evil's scorching day 

The sun shall never smite : 
Thee the moon's malignest ray 

Shall never blast by night. 
Safe from known or secret foes, 

Free from sin and Satan's thrall, 
God, when flesh, earth, hell oppose, 

Shall keep thee safe from all. 

Christ shall bless thy going out, 

Shall bless thy coming in : 
Kindly compass thee about, 

Till thou art saved from sin : 



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Like thy spotless Master thou, 

Fill'd with wisdom, love, and power, 

Holy, pure, and perfect now, 
Henceforth and for evermore. 



PSALM CXXV. 

Who in the Lord confide. 
And feel his sprinkled blood. 

In storms and hurricanes abide 
Firm as the mount of God : 
Steadfast, and lix'd, and sure, 
His Sion cannot move : 

His faithful people stand secure 
Li Jesu's guardian love. 

As round Jerusalem 

The hilly bulwarks rise. 
So God protects and covers them 

From all their enemies : 

On every side he stands, 

And for his Israel cares ; 
And safe in his almighty hands 

Their souls for ever bears. 

For, lo ! the reign of hell 
And hellish men is o'er: 
They can persuade, they can compel, 
The just to sin no more 
To devils, men, or sin, 
They need no more give place. 



OF THE PSALMS. ' 585 

Xor ever touch the thing unclean 
When cleansed by pardoning grace. 

But let them still abide 

In thee, all-gracious Lord, 
Till every soul is sanctified 

And perfectly restored. 

The men of heart sincere 

Continue to defend, 
And do them good, and save them here, 

And love them to the end. 

Who to their sins draw back, 

And love again to stray, 
The narrow path of life forsake. 

And throng the spacious way — 

Back to their vomit turn. 

And fall from pardoning grace — 
The Lord to punish them hath sworn, 

And drive them from his face. 

But peace, and power, and love 

Shall Israel's portion be : 
They all his promises shall prove. 

And all his goodness see : 

Lloly and pure in heart 

Obtain the perfect power : 
They can no more from God depart 

When they can sin no more. 



586 POETICAL VERSION 

PSALM CXXXVIIl. 

Verses i, 2, 4, 5, 6. 

Bless'd is the man that fears the Lord, 

And walks in all his ways : 
An earnest of his great reward 

On earth his Master pays. 

Thou shalt not spend thy strength in vain 

For perishable food : 
Thy Father shall his own sustain, 

And fill thy soul with good. 



Happy in him thy soul shall be. 

And on his fulness feed : 
Jesus, who came from heaven for thee, 

Shall be thy living bread. 



The children of thy faith and prayer 

Thy joyful eyes shall see — 
Shall see the prosperous church, and share 

Li her prosperity. 

Sion again shall lift her head, 

And flourish all thy days : 
Thy soul shall see the faithful seed. 

And bless the risino^ race. 

Fill'd with abiding peace divine, 

With Israel's blessing blesU 
Thou then the church above shalt join, 

And gain the heavenly rest. 



OF THE PSALMS. 5S7 



PSALM CXXX. 



Out of the depth of self-despair, 

To thee, O Lord, I cry: 
My misery mark, attend my prayer, 

And brini? salvation nio-h. 



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Death's sentence in myself I feel. 
Beneath thy wrath I faint : 

let thine ear consider well 
The voice of my complaint ! 

If thou art rig'rously severe, 

Who may the test abide? 
Where shall the man of sin appear, 

Or how be justified? 

But O ! forgiveness is with thee. 

That sinners may adore. 
With filial fear thy goodness see. 

And never grieve thee more. 

1 look to see his lovely face, 
I wait to meet my Lord — 

My longing soul expects his grace, 
And rests upon his word. 

My soul, while still to him it flies. 

Prevents the morning ray : 
O that his mercy's beams would rise, 
. And bring the gospel day ! 



588 POETICAL VERSION 

Ye faithful souls, confide in God, 
Mercy with him remains, 

Plenteous redemption in his blood 
To wash out all your stains. 

His Israel himself shall clear, 
From all their sins redeem: 

The Lord our righteousness is near, 
And we are just in him 



PSALM CXXXI. 

LoKD, if thou the grace impart, 
Poor in spirit, meek in heart, 
I shall as my Master he. 
Rooted in humility. 

From the time that thee I know, 
ISTothing shall I seek below. 
Aim at nothing great or high. 
Lowly both my heart and eye. 

Simple, teachable, and mild. 
Awed into a little child, 
Quiet now without my food, 
Wean'd from every creature-good. 

Hangs my new-born soul on thee. 
Kept from all idolatry, 
Nothing Avants beneath, above, 
Happy, happy in thy love ! 



OF THE PSxA.LMS. 



O that all might seek and find 
Every good in Jesus join'd ! 
Him let Israel still adore, 
Trnst him, praise him evermore ! 



PSALM CXXXIV. 

Ye servants of God, Whose diligent care 
Is ever employ'd In watching and prayer, 
With praises unceasing Your Jesus proclaim, 
Rejoicing and blessing His excellent name. 

'Tis Jesus commands. Come all to his house 
And lift up your hands. And pay him your vows ; 
And while you are giving Your Maker his due. 
The Lord out of heaven Shall sanctify you. 



PSALM CXXXVI. 

Verse i. 

Full of unutterable grace, 
Jesus mine eye of faith surveys ! 
Jesus, whate'er thou art is mine, 
Fountain of excellence Divine ! 
All goodness is comprised in thee, 
Good in thyself, and good to me! 

Thy nature doth itself impart 
To every humble longing heart; 



590 POETICAL VERSION 

And all that after thee aspire 

Shall gain Avith thee their whole desire, 

United to their source above, 

Lost in a boundless sea of love ! 



PSALM CXXXVIII. 

All thanks and all praise To thee will I give, 
O Lord, by whose grace Accepted I live : 
My heart shall adore thee, My mouth shall show forth 
Thine honour and glory To gods of the earth. 

Thy mercy and love. And truth I proclaim : 
With angels above I hallow thy name ; 
And turning me toward The holiest place. 
Thee, Father adored, Li Jesus I praise. 

For thou hast reveal'd Thy nature unknown. 
Thy promise fulfill'd Li Jesus thy Son : 
Exalted the Saviour And Friend of mankind, 
That all in his favour Thy mercy may find. 

When burden'd I cried For pardon to thee. 

Thy mercy replied. And bade me be free : 

Thy Spirit that hour Came down from above, 

And clothed me with power And fill'd me with love. 

The kings of the earth Thee, Jesus, shall praise. 
And trust in thy worth And honour thy grace ! 
Shall gladly adore thee, Whose sayings they hear, 
And sing to thy glory. And walk in thy fear. 



OF THE PSALMS. "591 

For Jesus the Lord, Though lofty and high, 
By angels adored, Looks down from the sky : 
W]io hates the unholy, And scatters the proud, 
He lifts up the lowly, And brings them to God. 

Although in distress, I labour and strive : 
Thy comfort and peace My soul shall revive: 
Thine arm shall relieve me From all that oppose, 
Thy power — it shall save me, And baffle my foes. 

Thy miglity right hand Their fury shall tame. 
And cause me to stand Through fiuth in thy name : 
It still shall deliver Whom now it secures : 
Thy mercy for ever And ever endures. 

The Lord will make good His kindness to me, 
Till, wholly renew'd. His glory I see, 
My end and beginning Shall fully restore, 
And save me from sinnino; Till sin is no more. 



PSALM CXLIII. 

LoED, in pitying lo^e gi^e ear ! 
My mournful supplications hear. 

For thy own promise' sake : 
O'erv.dielm'd with sin and misery, 
Weary and faint I come to thee. 

And proffer'd mercy take. 

If thou shoukTst as my Judge appear, 

1 could not bear the test severe : 
N'ot one of all our race 

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592 POETICAL VERSION 

Can stand acqnitted in thy sight, 
Or claim acceptance as his right, 
Or dare demand thy grace. 

A sinner self-condemn'd I am, 

And groan beneath my load of shame ; 

My soul-destroying foe 
Hath smote and cast me to the ground, 
In chains of massy darkness bound, 

As those who howl below. 

My spirit faints, l)y grief oppress'd. 

And droops my heart, and breaks for rest 

Yet do I call to mind 
Thy wonders wrought in ancient days : 
I muse on all thy works of grace, 

And pity for mankind. 

See, Lord, a dying sinner see ! 

I still stretch out my hands to thee, 

Unwash'd and unrenew'd : 
As thirsts a barren land for showers, 
My weary soul, with all its powers, 

Gasps for the living God ! 

Haste to my help, thy blood apply! 
My spirit fails ; I faint, I die. 

If still thou hid'st thy face : 
I fall and perish at thy feet, 
I sink into the burning pit. 

If thou withhold thy grace. 

O God, in whom I trust, appear ! 
Give me thy pardoning voice to hear, 
Thy saving health to see : 



OF THE PSALMS. 593 

The glorious gospel-light display, 
And lead into the perfect way 
A soul that looks to thee. 

For refuge, Lord, to thee I fly! 
On thee alone for help rely. 

For pardon, peace, and power. 
From all my foes and sins release, 
And teach me thus my Lord to please, 

And bid me sin no more. 

O reach me out thy Spirit's hand! 
Into that good and pleasant land 

Of holy quiet lead : 
Quicken me, for thy mercy's sake : 
From sin and Satan's dungeon take, 

And make me free indeed. 

In mercy take these sins away 
And all my foes for ever slay, 

That now my soul oppress ! 
Receive me. Saviour, for thine own, 
And let me serve the Lord alone, 

The Lord my righteousness. 



PSALM CXLVI. 

My soul, inspired with sacred love. 
The Lord thy God delight to praise : 

His gifts I will for him improve. 
To him devote my happy days : 

To him my thanks and praises give, 
And only for his glory live. 



594 POETICAL VERSION 

Long as my God shall lend me breath, 
My every pulse shall beat for him : 

And when my voice is lost in death, 
My spirit shall resume the theme — 

The gracious theme, for ever new, 

Through all eternity pursue. 

Trust in the Lord, ye saints of his ! 

All human confidence is vain : 
Cease ye from man, for ever cease ! 

No help is found in faithless man: 
The great ones of the earth look through ; 
They cannot help themselves, or you. 

Soon as the breath of man expires, 
Again he to his earth shall turn : 

Where, then, ai-e all his vain desires. 
His love and hate, esteem and scorn ? 

All, all at that last gasp are o'er — 

He falls, to rise on earth no more ! 

He then is blessed, and only he. 

Whose hope is in the Lord his God : 

Who can to him for succour flee, 

That spreads the heaven and earth abroad 

That still the universe sustains, 

And Lord of his creation reigns. 

True to his everlasting word, 
He loves the injured to redress : 

Poor helpless souls the bounteous Lord 
Relieves, and fills with plenteousness : 

He sets the mournful prisoners free. 

He bids the blind their Saviour see ! 



OF THE PSALMS. 595 

Jehovah lifts the fallen up — 

Jehovah loves the righteous race ; 
The stranger's and the widow's hope, 

The filther of the fatherless ; 
Sinners he views with angry frown, 
And turns their counsels upside down. 

The Lord thy G-od, O Sion, reigns 

Supreme in mercy, as in power ; 
The endless theme of heavenly strains, 

When time and death shall he no more : 
And all eternity shall prove 
Too short to utter all his love. 



Sljort Pj)mns, 



FRINCIPALLY ON PARTICULAR TEXTS IN THE 



BOOK OF PSALMS. 



SHORT HYMNS 



We gather up with pious care 

What happy saints have left behind ; 
Their writings in our memory bear, 

Their sayings on our faithful mind : 
Their works, which traced them to the skies, 

For patterns to ourselves we take ; 
And dearly love and highly prize 

The mantle, for the wearer's sake. 



Ipxi pijTmtis. 



PSALM V. 

Verse 3. 



Object of thy guardian care, 
Heavenward I direct my prayer : 
Rock of my security, 
Thankful I look up to thee! 

Bless'd with yet another day, 
Let me live my God to obey, 
Live thine utmost will to prove, 
Live to pray, repent, and love. 

• ^ Verse 7. 

Assisted by preventing grace, 
I bow me toward the holy place, 
Faintly begin my God to fear. 
His Aveak, external worshipper. 

But if my Lord his blood apply, 
Entering into the holiest, I 
Boldly approach my Father's tlirone. 
And claim him all in Christ my own. 



6o2 SHORT HYMNS. 

PSALM X. 

Verse 3. 

MiSEES ! hear, by God abhorr'd, 
Tremble at the dreadful word, 
While indulged with a reprieve, 
Cursed, yet still on earth ye live ! 

Hate, renounce the sin ye love. 
Ere the Judge from pmHIi remove, 
Ere his wrath in hell ye bear. 
Want a drop of water there ! 

PSALM XVII. 

Verse 8, 

Hide me from the wrath of God, 
From the hell reveal' d within. 

From the soul-afflicting load. 
From the tyranny of sin ! 

Bear me to that land of rest. 
Land of sweet forgetfulness ! 

Grant me. Lord, my one request — 
Final, everlasting peace ! 

Verse 15, 

Unlike my God, I cannot rest. 
For sin is perfect misery: 

But stamp thine image on my breast. 
Conform my hallow'd soul to thee. 



SHORT HYMNS. 6o3 

Partaker of thine utmost grace, 
My soul would then be satisfied, 

As Moses, when he saw tliy fiice, 
And sank into thine arms, and died. 

PSALM XIX. 

Verse ii. 

The work of righteousness is peace : 
The great reward's already given ; 

And all thy servants, Lord, confess, 
Obedient love is present heaven. 

Verse 12. 

Oh ! if our thoughts in heaven are heard — ■ 
Ere form'd, if our desires are known — 

If ill committed, good deferred, 
Are obvious to the Holy One — 

How oft we err, how oft offend, 

Can we, e'en faintly, comprehend ? 

Whate'er we think, or do, or say, 
To build on proves a sandy ground ; 

And must be, in the trying day, 

(Weigh'd in the balance,) wanting found. 

By thy soul-purifying blood, 

Cleanse me from unknown f; raits, my God ! 

PSALM XXIL 

Verse 1 1 . 

Trouble and sin are hard at hand, 
Alas ! too intimately near ! 



6o4 SHORT HYMNS. 

I cannot in temptation stand, 
Unless my God is always here — 

Unless my Saviour stands between : 
Parted one moment from thy power, 

I fall into my bosom-sin, 

And, left by thee, should rise no more. 

PSALM XXIII. 

Verse 2. 

Bear me to the sacred scene. 
The silent streams and pastures green ! 
Where the crystal waters shine, 
S]3ringing up with life divine : 
Where the flock of Israel feed. 
Guided by their Shepherd's tread; 
And every sheep delights to hide 
Under the tree where Jesus died. 

PSALM XXV. 

Verse 9. 

Make me. Saviour, as thou art, 
Poor in spirit, meek in heart : 
Then thou Avilt persist to save. 
Still uphold me on the wave. 
Safely stear through life's rough sea 
To my heavenly port in thee. 

Verse 15. 

Lord, to thee I lift mine eyes. 
Ever lift mine eves to thee, 



SHORT HYMNS. 605 

Till thine answer from tlie skies 

Sets my heart at liberty. 
Pluck my soul out of the snare, 

Then I all thy truth shall prove, 
All thy saving power declare, 

All thy sanctifying love. 

Verse 18. 

Jesus, with pitying eye 

Regard thy creature's pain, 
Out of the deep to thee I cry, 

A wretched, sinful man I 

This is my only plea — 

I am not fit to live; 
I am all sin and misery. 

And therefore, Lord, forgive ! 

PSALM XXXI. 

Verse 20. 

Thv presence is the secret place 

To which, thou knovv^'st, I fain would liy: 

Bring me into that wilderness. 
With thee alone to live and die ! 

From all the miseries I fear. 
From all the miseries I feel. 

From my own memory severe. 

Thou only canst my soul conceal. 

Come, Lord, thy glorious foce display. 

This world of woe and sin to exclude : 
Bear in thine hands my soul away. 

Thyself my long-sought solitude : 



6o6 SHORT HYMNS. 

I !iow into thy hands resign 
My life, to be conceal'd above, 

As satisfied with Life Divine, ' 

As quite absorb'd in heavenly lo\'e. 

PSALM XXXIL 

Verse 7. 

Jesus, the sinner's hiding-place, 

My sanctuary thou art: 
Preserve me in thy love's embrace 

From my own evil heart. 

Open thine heart to take me m 
Beyond the tempter's power, 

And hide where my besetting sin 
May never lind me more. 

PSALM XXXIV. 

Verse 8. 

Taste him in Christ, and see 

The abundance of his grace : 
Experience God, so good to me, 

So good to all our race ! 
Celestial sweetness prove 

Through Jesu's grace forgiven, 
And then enjoy in j^erfect love 

The largest taste of heaven. 

Verse 12, 

^1y lust of life is gone ; yet here 
A few good days I fain would see- 



SHORT HVMNS. 607 

Days from the clouds of passion clear, 
Days to adore and honour thee : 

I ask on earth a longer space, 
Thy love to attain, and testify, 

To experience all the life of grace. 
And sinless at thy feet to die. 

PSALM XXXV. 

Verse 3. 

Who can soothe the soul's distresses? 

Jesus, Lord, Thy kind word 
All my sorrows eases : 
By the virtue of thy passion 

Make me whole: Tell my soul, 
"I am thy salvation!" 

PSALM XXXIX. 

Verse 7. 

What now is my object and aim ? 

What now is my hope and desire ? 
To follow the heavenly Lamb, 

And after his image aspire. 
My hope is all centred in thee : 

I trust to recover thy love : 
On earth thy salvation to see, 

And then to enjoy it above. 

Verse 8. 

Jesus, my Saviour and my Prince, 
Answer on me thy saving E"ame : 

Deliver me from all my sins, 
-The guilt, the sorrow, and the shame; 
40 



6o8 SHORT HYMNS. 

And from mine inmost soul remove 
The power, the nature, and the love. 

Verse 13. 

Thou, who hast sufFer'd me so long 

A little longer spare. 
Till, made by faith divinely strong, 

I all thy impress bear : 
Then let me from this vale of woe 

Triumphantly depart, 
My God as I am known to know, 

And see thee as thou art. 



PSALM XL. 

Verse 17. 

Still will my Redeemer tarry. 

Leave me still unfreed, unbless'd, 
By my cruel adversary. 

By my tyrant-sin, oppress'd ? 
Jesus, mighty to deliver ! 

Haste to take my sin away, 
Save a soul, undone for ever, 

Longer if my Saviour stay. 



PSALM XLI. 

Verse 4. 

Sm is the desperate wound 
Which must my death procure, 

Unless the balm in Gilead found 
Administers a cure : 



SHORT HYMNS. 609 

Jesus, my Lord, my God ! 

Faith to be lieal'd I have : 
O let the medicine of thy blood 

My soul for ever save ! 



PSALM XLIl. 

Verse 2. 

I THiKST for a life-giving God, 

A God that on Calvary died: 
A fountain of water and blood 

Which gush'd from Inimanuers side. 
I gasp for the stream of his love, 

The Spirit of rapture unknown ; 
And then to re-drink it above. 

Eternally fresh from the throne. 

Confined in a dungeon of clay, 

Exiled from the Saviour I love, 
I long to be summon'd awa}'', 

I groan for a speedy remove. 
O when shall I come to appear 

With joy in the Presence Divine, 
To find him essentially near. 

To know him eternally mine ? 

PSALM XLV. 

Verse 7. 

But I am all to sin inclined, 
And hatred against God my mind, 
Till thou thine own impart. 



6lO SHORT HYMNS. 

Pity a sad reverse of thee, 
And, from myself to set me free, 
Come, Lord, into my heart ! 

I then, regenerate from above, 
Shall sin abhor like thee, and love 

The perfect righteousness : 
Partake the image of my Head, 
And in thy image live, to sj)read 

Mine utmost Saviour's praise. 

PSALM XLV. 

Verses lo, ii. 

Shapen in guilt, conceived in sin, 
My father Adam's house unclean 

I now would freely leave : 
But who can wash the Ethiop white ? 
'Tis thine own work, thou God of might ! 

I hearken : let me live ! 

If thou, indeed, desir'st this heart, 
If I would never from thee part. 

Why am I not restored ? 
O beautify me with thy mind ! 
Lord, let my prayer acceptance find, 

And realize thy word ! 

PSALM XLVL 

Verse lo. 

Still I in thy presence am : 
Jesus! now declare thy name; 



SHORT HYMNS. 6ll 

Tell me, wliat I wait to prove, 
Thou art God, and " God is Love." 



PSALM XLVIII. 

Verse 13. 

Thou wast my Guide in infancy, 

Thou art in life's decline ! 
My Guide in death thou soon shalt be. 

And then for ever mine. 



PSALM LI. 

Verse 11. 

Wilt thou from me withdraw thy grace ? 
Or drive a sinner from thy face 

At Jesu's feet who bow ? 
At Jesu's feet thou seest me lie. 
Thou hear'st his blood for mercy cry, 

.^nd canst not punish now. 

Verse 17. 

Jesus, Giver of contrition. 

Giver thou of pardon art ! 
Wound me, O my kind Physician ! 

Break, and then bind up my heart. 
Who a broken-hearted sinner 

N^ever, never Avilt despise. 
Cast me down, my faith's Beginner! 

Lift me up to paradise. 



SHORT HYMNS. 
PSALP^I LV. 

Verse 6. 

Co:me, liearenly Dove, 

Mv soul remove 
From life's severe distresses, 

To that glorious rest above, 
To my Lord's embraces! 

Saviom*, to thee 

I fain "svould flee, 
I would be always praishig, 

Speud a whole eternity 
111 worshipping and gazing ! 

S'erse 17. 

XoT as a formal task to thee 
My tale of words I pay ; 

But, feeling my own poverty, 
I every hour would pray : 

"Would always pray, and never fliint, 

Till, wholly sanctified. 
Thou take me up, a sniless saint, 

And seat me bv thv side. 



psal:\i lvii. 

Verse i. 

The flesh against the Spirit lusts : 
But while it strives to tvrannize 



SHORT HYMNS. 613 

My soul in love almighty trusts, 

My faithful soul on Christ relies, 
Till this intestine war is o'er, 
And sin, destroy'd, can tempt no more. 



PSALM LXII. 

Verse 10. 

Who of the rich hath ears to hear, 
Divinely T\'arn'd of danger near, 
Or fears to find his wealth increase. 
The mammon of unrighteousness ? 

Yet if on wealth ye set your heart, 
Ye from the living God depart. 
Your souls for naught to Satan sell, 
Unwisely barter heaven for hell. 



PSALM LXIII. 

Verse i. 

God, thou art in Jesus mine, 
And early will I seek thy face, 

Till, certified by love divine 

That I am freely saved by grace, 

1 find him bleeding on the tree, 
Who freely bled to death for me. 

Verse 3. 

Thy lavour and love I prefer 
' To life in its happiest hours., 



6l4 SHORT HYMNS. 

Possess'd of a paradise here, 

When mercy my sph'it o'erpowers : 

All earthly delights I forego, 
All dreature-enjoyments resign, 

When bless'd with the heaven — to know 
My Jesns eternally mine. 

Verse 6. 

Thee in the watches of the night 

Do I not. Lord, remember still ? 
And meditate, with calm delight, 

On the dear counsels of thy Avill ? 
Thy will is my perfection here ; 

And sighs for this my whole desire — 
To attain thy heavenly character, 

And spotless m thine arms expire. 

My God, I wake to call thee mine, 

To think on all thy love. 
To taste thy graciousness divine. 

And farther blessings prove : 
After thy likeness to wake up. 

And fly from earth away, 
And see the Lamb on Sion's top 

In that eternal day. 

Verse 7 

Who loves me so well. My helper has been. 
And saved me from hell. And saved me from sin: 
His gracious protection I joyfully prove, 
His strength of affection. His fulness of love. 



SHORT HYMNS. 615 

Thee, Jesus, I praise, Who kindly hast sj^read 
The wings of thy grace To cover my head : 
Preserved by thy favour, I gladly remove, 
3Iy uttermost Saviour, To thank thee above. 

Verse S. 

Hangs my new-born soul on thee. 
Weak as helpless infancy : 
Yet sustain'd by thy right hand. 
Firm on surest ground I stand. 

Faith may fail, I feel and know, 
But thou wilt not let me go, 
Wilt not with thy purchase part. 
Wilt not loose me from thy heart. 



PSALM LXIV. 

Verse 2. 

The quiet solitary place 

For which I all my life have pined, 
The still, sequester'd wilderness, 

O might I in thy presence find ! 

Then shall I rest whom God doth hide 
Unconscious then, that in the whole 

Creation aught exists beside 

My Saviour, and my happy soul! 

PSALM LXIX. 

Thy wisdom all my follies sees, 
•My faults are all before thine eyes, 



6l6 SHORT HYMNS. 

My heart and inward wickedness: 
Such as I am, without disguise, 
A sinner, to thy bosom take, 
IN'ot for my own, but Jesu's sake. 



PSALM LXXI. 

Verse q. 

Thou, who from infancy to age 
Hast been my never-failing Friend, 

Support through life's extremest stage. 
And bring me to my journey's end; 

And bid me live, to sing thy praise, 

An age of everlasting days. 

ANOTHER. 

Through labor exhausted, and pain. 
Will Christ from his servant depart? 

Or with me in weakness remain. 

The strength and the joy of my heart? 

His power I in weakness shall prove. 

Confiding in Jesus's name. 
The God of unchangeable love. 

For ever and ever the same ! 



ANOTHER. 

Thou who so long hast saved me here, 

A little longer save. 
Till, freed from sin and freed from fear, 

I sink into a irrave. 



SHORT HYMNS 617 

Till glad I lay this body down, 

Thy servant, Lord, attend; 
And, O ! my life of mercies crown 

With a triumphant end ! 

Verse 16. 

Let others of their virtue hoast. 

And call it all their own: 
I in the only merit trust 

Of God's most holy Son. 

The righteousness by Jesus wrouglit 

Shall all my evil hide 
Till, deep into my spirit brought, 

It shows me sanctified. 



PSALM LXXIIL 

Verse 25. 

O MY all-suiEcient God! 

Thou know'st my heart's desire, 
Be this only thing bestow'd, 

I nothing else require : 
N^othing else in earth or skies 

Li time or in eternity : 
Heaven itself could not suffice : 

I seek not thine, but thee. 

ANOTHER. 

Thou art the thing, the Eternal Word, 
For which my spirit sighs! 



6l8 SHORT HYMNS. 

Not all thy gifts and graces, Lord, 
Can without thee suffice. 

My perfect holiness thou art, 

My full felicity : 
Enter, and fill my hungry heart. 

Which wants no heaven but thee. 

Verse 26. 

Let this feeble body drooj). 

And fail this fainting heart; 
Thou, O God, my strength, my hope, 

My heavenly portion art. 
Age may break, or sickness seize, 

Or pain, or mortal agony : 
Dying, dead, I still possess 

Eternal life in thee. 

PSALM LXXIV. 

Verse 12, 

O LoED from heaven, on earth bestow'd ! 

Thy goodness makes our blessings sure 
Thy strength sustains us in the food, 

Thy grace doth in the medicine cure. 
Whate'er the means or channels be, 
Our help is all derived from thee. 



PSALM LXXX. 

Verse 3. 

Jesus, full of truth and grace. 
Show my heart thy heavenly fixco 



SHORT HYMNS. 619 



Shine, the true Eternal Light, 
Put my darkness all to flight : 

Then my sin shall disappear, 
Heal'd of all my evils here : 
Then I as my Lord shall shine, 
Blended with the Lio-ht Diyine. 



PSALM LXXXI. 

Verse 10. 

Give me that enlarged desire, 

And open. Lord, my soul. 
Thy own fulness to require. 

And comprehend the whole : 
Stretch my faith's capacity 

TTider, and yet wider still : 
Then with all that is in thee 

My soul for ever fill. 

PSALM LXXXVllI. 

Verse 8. 

Ix unbelief imprison'd fast, 
Far from the sight of day, 

I cannot struggle forth, or cast 
My chains of sin away. 

Jesus, thou know'st I cannot please, 
Or serve, the living God, 

Till thou my helpless soul release 
Throuo-h thy redeemino- blood. 



620 SHORT HYMNS. 

PSALM LXXXIX. 

Verse 19. 

Jesus, omnipotent to save ! 
Righteousness and strength I have. 

And help laid up on thee : 
Fulness of gospel-grace is thine, 
And all the plenitude divine. 

That ALL may dwell in me. 

Verse 47. 

Pass but another moment. Lord, 

And time with me shall be no more ; 
Yet still thou seest me unrestored, 

Unconscious of thy hallowing power : 
Another moment if thou stay. 

My unsaved soul for ever dies : 
Kow, Jesus, cast thine own away. 

Or change, and take me to the skies. 

PSALM XC. 

Verse 12. 

Waen'd of my dissolution near, 
I see my one great business here. 

To thee for wisdom cry : 
Wisdom to live? 'Tis now too late! 
But O, before I meet my fate, 

Listruct me hoio to die! 



SHORT HYMNS. 62 1 

Verse 15. 

For half an age of mournful years 

I justly plagued have been, 
As left by God to griefs and fears, 

And sin chastising sin. 

Comfort me, Saviour, by thy grace ; 

And ^vhen thy face I see. 
An age of everlasting days 

I shall rejoice in thee. 

PSALM XCVIL 

Verse i. 

The Lord is King ! 

Rejoice and sing ! 
My God and King thou art 

Thy Spirit reigns, 

Thy love maintains 
Its svray ^vithin my heart. 

Verse 10. 

The Lord, whom I sincerely love, 
My hate of sin alone can prove : 
But in my unregenerate state. 
Evil, alas ! I cannot hate. 

Yet, drav^ni by him, he knows I would 
Evil abhor, and cleave to good ; 
And God, who gives me these desires, 
Will give whate'er himself requires. 



622 SHORT HYMNS. 

PSALM CI. 

Verse 2. 

Why not now, my God, my God, 
( Ready if thou always art,) 

Make in me thy mean abode. 
Take possession of my heart ? 

If thou canst so greatly bow. 

Friend of sinners, why not now ? 

At the close of life's short day 
For thyself to thee I cry : 

Dying, if thou still delay 
Must I not for ever die ? 

Enter now thy poorest home, 

Now, my utmost Saviour, come ! 



PSALM cn. 

Verse 23. 

Thou who hast brought my body down, 
Bring down the strength of sin, 

And fill my soul with power unknown, 
Thy kingdom fix'd within. 

Take me not in wrath away. 

But let me knoAV thy saving name, 

Jesus now, and yesterday, 
And evermore, the same. 



SHORT HYMNS. 623 

P SALM CI II. 

Verse 3. 

Sayioue, I long to testify 
The fulness of thy gracious power : 

O might thy Spirit the blood apply, 

Which bought for me the peace — and more ! 

Forgive, and make my nature whole, 

My sinful maladies remove ; 
To perfect health restore my soul, 

To perfect holiness and love. 

Verse 10. 

No; for I am not yet in hell. 

Worthy the sorest torments there! 

Thy mercy, not thy wrath I feel. 

And breathe on earth a humble prayer. 

Since thou hast suffer'd me so long, 

O let me all thy patience j)i'OYe, 
Till, saved, I sing the gospel-song. 

And bless thee for thy richest love. 

PSALM CVI. 

Verse 4. 

Salyatio]S" gladly I embrace, 

Because it comes with thee : 
Jesus, my strength and righteousness, 

And sole salvation, be! 
41 



624 SHORT HYMNS. 

When thou, the gift unspeakable, 
Into my heart art given, 

Thy fulness, Lord, in me shall dw^ell, 
Thy nature and thy heaven. 



PSALM CXI. 

Verse 5. 

Thy covenant this — that I shall know 
How merciful in Christ thou art, 

Shall feel his blood and Spirit flow 

Li purest streams throughout my heart ; 

Nor from my Father's arms remove, 

Loved with an everlasting love. 

PSALM CXVI. 

Verse 8. 

My soul, through my Redeemer's care, 

Saved from the second death I feel, 
Mine eyes from tears of vain despair, 

My feet from falling into hell : 
Wherefore to him my feet shall run, 

Mine eyes on his perfections gaze, 
My soul shall live for God alone. 

And all within me shout his praise. 

PSALM CXVL 

Verses 12, 13. 

O WHAT shall I say ? 
What recompense j^ay 



SHORT HYMNS. 625 

To the Giver of all I possess? 

I will gladly receive, 

While he offers to give 
His unsearchable riches of grace. 

I will call on his name, 

And with singing proclaim 
The perfection of Jesus's love: 

I will drink the full cup, 

Till he beckons me up. 
To enjoy his salvation above. 



PSALM CXVIII. 

Verse 13. 

Full oft thou hast my Helper been. 
When sorely by the world assail'd, 

By Satan and my bosom-sin — 

My goings, Lord, had well-nigh lail'd. 

Thou hast, in honor of thy name, 
Snatch'd me out of the lion's teeth, 

Pluck'd as a brand out of the flame. 
And saved my soul from endless death. 

Verse 18. 

My merciful God Hath chasten'd his son, 
His fatherly rod I thankfully own. 
He hath not rejected, Or left me to die, 
But gently corrected, And laid the rod by. 



626 SHORT HYMNS. 

O how shall I praise The Goodness Divine ? 

My remnant of days To him I resign. 

My life to the Giver I gladly restore, 

And praise him for ever, When time is no more. 



PSALM CXIX. 

Verse 8. 

Thou hast in part forsook, 
And long withdrawn thy grace ; 
But do not finally rebuke, 
Or drive me from thy face. 

Yet if thou must depart. 
Through life the sinner leave, 
O tell it to my dying heart — 
Thou dost at last forgive ! 

Verse 9. 

How in the slippery paths of youth 
Shall I preserve my conscience clean ? 

By listening to the voice of Truth, 

The Truth who makes ns free from sin. 

Speak to my heart thy cleansing word : 
Ruled by thy word I then shall be, 

Follow the Spirit of my Lord, 
And give my prime of life to thee. 

ANOTHER. 

How shall a young unstable man, 
To evil prone like me. 



SHORT HYMNS. 627 

His actions and his heart maintain 

From all pollutions free ? 
Thee, Lord, that I may not forsake, 

Or ever turn aside, 
Thy precepts for my rule I take. 

Thy Spirit for my Guide. 

Govern' d by the engrafted word. 

And principled with grace, 
I shall not yield to sin ahhorr'd. 

Or give to passion place : 
From youthful lusts I still shall flee, 

From all the paths of vice — 
My omnipresent Saviour see, 

And walk before thine eyes. 

Saviour, to me thy Spirit give. 

That through his power I may 
The word effectually believe. 

And fiithfully obey : 
From every great transgression pure, 

For all thy will prepared. 
Thy servant to the end endure. 

And gain the full reward. 

Verse 32. 

LoxG enthrall'd in low desires. 

Stubborn, impotent, and vain, 
Heavenward now my heart aspires, 

Struggles now to burst its chain. 

Set my heart at liberty, 
'Then my feet shall swiftly move 



62 S 



SHORT HYMNS. 

In the paths prescribed by thee, 
Pleasant paths of perfect love. 

ANOTHER. 

My sinful, wretched heart set free 
From all its sin and misery: 
The stone, the unbelief, remove. 
And make it free to pray and love : 
Its rooted love of sin destroy: 
Then shall I, Lord, with even joy, 
The way of thy commandments run. 
Which leads directly to thy throne. 

Verse 71. 

*' Of blessings infinite," I read, 

" The foremost — that my heart hath bled ;' 

And thank thee for a moment's pain. 

Whose fruit shall evermore remain. 

How good for me the suffering given ! 

'Tis grace, 'tis holiness, 'tis heaven ! 

Verse 81. 

The hope of Christ, how good ! 
I now its goodness feel : 
The virtue of his balmy blood 
Shall all my sickness heal. 

His love shall cast out sin. 
My long-sought peace restore ; 
And Jesus then shall enter in, 
And never leave me more. 



SHORT HYMNS. 629 

Verse 96. 

I TOO the broad command have seen, 

Enlighten'd, Lord, by thee ; 
And may attain tlirongh faith the mean, 

That spotless charity. 

Holy and just I may appear 

Before I hence remove : 
The end of all perfection here, 

The law fulfil'd is Love. 

ANOTHER. 

I SEE the exceeding broad command, 

Which all contains in one 
Enlarge my heart to understand 

The mystery unknown. 

O that with all thy saints I might 

By sweet experience proA'e 
What is the length, and breadth, and height, 

And de^^th, of perfect love ! 

Verse 121. 

Give me not up to Satan's power 

In this, my evil day; 
]^or let the world or sin devour 

Its unresisting prey. 

Why should a soul redeem'd by thee 

Be by thy foes opprest ? 
Jesus, proclaim the captive free, 
• And take me to thy breast ! 



630 SHORT HYMNS. 

Verse 176. 

Am not I the 'wilder'd sheep? 

Seek me, O thou Shepherd good ! 
Fmd, and for thy service keep, 

The dear purchase of thy blood. 
Lost again if thou depart, 
Hide me, Saviour, in thy heart. 

PSALM CXXI. 

Verse 7. 

KoT in my watchfulness or care, 

For safety I confide ; 
But Jesus in his arms doth bear, 

And lead me by his side. 

Who never slumbers, never sleeps, 
My constant guard I have ; 

And trust him, who this moment keeps, 
Eternally to save. 

PSALM CXXIL 

Verse 6. 

With all my heart, O Lord, I pray 

For our Jerusalem : 
The promise — loith thy Church to stay — 

In her behalf I claim. 

Fulness of gifts and graces shower, 

And bless her from above 
With perfect peace, and glorious power, 

And everlasting love. 



SHORT HYMNS. 63 1 



ANOTHER. 

Deaeee than life, thou know'st I love 
Thy church establish'd here : 

Haj^pj in age, in death, to prove 
Her prosjDerous messenger. 

Still happier, after death might I 
Her glorious blessings share, 

And meet her children in the sky, 
And meet her Husband there. 



Verse 8. 

KoT for a favourite form or name, 
But for dear precious souls, I care : 

Bless, Saviour, our Jerusalem, 

That millions may her blessings share ! 

Prosper our church : the living few 
Employ their brethren dead to raise, 

To quicken sister churches too, 

And spread throughout tlie earth thy praise. 



PSALM CXXVI. 

Verse 4. 

Jesus, the power belongs to thee. 

And thee alone I pray. 
To turn my long captivity. 

To take my sin away. 



632 SHORT HYMNS. 

That liberty from self and pride 
I only live to prove ; 

And nothing ask or want beside 
Thy dear redeeming love. 



PSALM CXXX. 

Verse 3. 

I MAT abide it, I 

Who on that Cross rely! 
Jesus died and I am clear : 

Justice, rig'rously extreme, 
Mark'd the sins I cannot fear, 

Punish'd all my sins in him. 



PSALM CXXXVIIL 

Verse 8. 

Lo! I in simplicity 

Receive thy gracious word: 
JV/iat it means I leave to thee, 

My sanctifying Lord. 
I shall know at that glad day 

When, born of God, I sin no more, 
Ceaseless in thy Spirit pray. 

And in thy truth adore. 



SHORT HYMNS. 633 

PSALM CXLI. 

Verse 4. 

What cannot the Almighty do? 

When, by the greatness of thy power, 
My heart, O Lord, thou dost renew, 

My heart shall yield to sin no more — 
Shall never more to sin incline, 
For ever fill'd with love divine ! 

Verse 8. 

My God, forsake me not at last ! 
Xor into utter darkness cast 

A soul that gasps for thee ! 
When I my punishment have borne, 
I humbly trust thou wilt return, 

Thou wilt remember me. 

PSALM CXLIII. 

Verse 8. 

I TKUST in thee. For what? 
To be redeem'd from sin ; 
From every wrinkle, every spot 
Of self and pride within. 

Jesus, I trust in thee. 
That, when my work is done. 
The servant w^ith his Lord shall be 
A sharer of thy throne. 



^34 SHORT HYMNS. 



Verse ib. 

Jesus, thy loving Spirit alone 
Can lead me forth, and make me free, 

Burst every bond through which I groan, 
And set my heart at liberty ! 

jSTow let thy Spirit bring me in ; 

And give thy servant to possess 
The land of rest from inbred sin, 

The land of perfect righteousness. 



PSALM CXLIV. 

Versa 9. 

Glory and thanks to him belongs. 
Who left his throne above: 

The new, the gospel song of songs 
Is due to Jesu's love. 

Join all on earth in Jesu's praise. 
And then to heaven repair. 

To vie with the angelic race. 
Or mend their anthems there. 



Verse 10. 

Jesus, tlie man's defender be 
For whom I humbly pray : 

Cover the head so dear to me 
In battle's dangerous day. 



SHORT HYMNS. 635 

When thousands fall on either hand, 

Deliver from the sword, 
And strengthen him by faith to stand 

The soldier of the Lord. 

Verse 15. 

Jesus, thou art my Lord, my God, 

And happy in thy love I am: 
The bliss thou hast on me bestow'd 

Remains in life and death the same. 
Thy love to all thy people given 
Is present and eternal heaven. 



PSALM CXLV. 

Verse 9. 

The meanest, then, may mercy claijn: 

I bring no other plea : 
The meanest of thy Avorks I am, 

And mercy find in thee. 



PSALM CXLVI. 

Verse i. 

Long as on earth by faith I live, 

Jehovah's praise I sing : 
Honour, and thanks, and blessings give 

To Christ, my God and King: 
And when niy voice is lost in death, 

To better life restored, 
I'll sing with my immortal breath 

My glorious heavenly Lord. 



636 SHORT HYMNS. 



ANOTHER. 

OuE hymns shall record Immanuel's ISTame : 
The praise of our Lord We live to proclaim; 
And when we are driven To that happy place, 
It still is our heaven To sing of his praise. 

Verse 7. 

Jesus — the power belongs to thee — 
Set ray imprison'd spirit free 

From pride and passion's chain ! 
Thy Spirit breathe into my heart, 
Then, then I shall be as thou art, 

And never sin again. 

PSALM CXLVII. 

Verse i. 

How pleasant a thing. 

With thanksgiving to sing 
As with joy from the vale we remove ! 

But pleasanter still 

When we stand on the hill, 
And give thanks to our Saviour above ! 

Verse 3. 

He heals the broken heart; 

But first he breaks the whole. 
Now, Lord, thy grace impart, 

Lnpoverishing my soul ; 
And then set up thy kingdom here, 
And glorious on thy throne appear. 



SHORT HYMNS. 6^J 



PSALM CXLIX. 

The Father in his saints delights, 

Delighted in his Son ; 
For, whom true love to Christ unites. 

They all with Christ are one. 



PSALM CL. 

Breathe in praise of your Creator, 
Every soul his honour raise : 

Magnify the Lord of nature, 
Magnify the God of grace ! 

Hallelujah, 
Fill the universe with praise ! 



arapl^rascs 



MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE. 



2 Chron. 6 : 36. 

Ko ; every fallen child of man 

Must sin in tlioiight and word and deed; 
But bursting our oppressor's chain, 

When Jesus hath his pris'ners freed; 
The dire necessity is o'er, 
And, born of God, we sin no more. 

Jos. 23 : 14. 

Pass a few swiftly-fleeting years, 
And all that noAv in bodies live 

Shall quit, like me, the vale of tears, 
Their righteous sentence to receive. 

J^ut all, before they hence remove, 
May mansions for themselves prepare 

In that eternal house above; 

And, O my God, shall I be tliere ? 



PARAPHRASES. 639 



Genesis 2 : 21. 

XoT from his head ^-as woman took, 
As made her husband to o'erlook ; 
'Not from his feet, as one design" d 
The footstool of the stronger kind 
But fashioned for himself a bride. 
An equal, taken from his side ; 
Her place intended to maintain, 
The mate, and glory of the man ; 
To rest, as still beneath his arm, 
Protected by her lord from harm ; 
And never from his heart removed, 
As only less than God beloved. 

SAMUEL AND SAUL. 
I Sam. 2S : 19. 

What do these solemn words portend? 
A gleam of hope when life shall end : 
Thou and thy sons, though slain, shall bo 
To-morrow in repose with me ! 

iSTot in a state of hellish pain, 
If Saul Avith Samuel doth remain, 
Xot in a state of damn'd despau*, 
If loving Jonathan be there. 

DAVID AND SHLMEI. 
z Sam. 16 : iz. 

PuEE from the blood of Sccid in vain, 
He dares not to the charge reply: 
42 



640 PARAPHRASES. 

UriaNs doth the charge maintain, 
Uriah'' s doth against him cry ! 

Let Shimei curse : the rod he bears, 
For sins which mercy had forgiven : 

And in the wrongs of man reveres 
The awful righteousness of heaven. 

Lord, I adore thy righteous will, 
Through every instrument of ill 

My Father's goodness see ; 
Accept the complicated wrong 
Of Shimei's hand and Shimefs tongue 
As hind rebukes from thee. 

THE PASTOR. 

Luke 21 : 37, 38. 

The servant of the Lord 

Who Jesu's charge receives, 
A faithful steward of the word, 

A wrestling Jacob, lives. 

God and the multitude 

His sacred labours share, 
His day is spent in active good. 

His night in fervent prayer. 

Before the rising morn 

He comes his flock to feed ; 

His flock with hungry hearts return, 
And seek their daily bread. 
Their love and earnestness 
The Pastor's zeal improve ; 

The Pastor's zeal doth more increase 
Their earnestness and love. 



PARAPHRASES. 64I 



Job 28 : 28. 

Be it my only wisdom here, 

To serve the Lord with filial fear, 

With loving gratitude ; 
Superior sense may I display, 
By shunning every evil way. 

And walking in the good. 

O may I still from sin depart; 
A wise and understanding heart, 

Jesus, to me be given ! 
And let me through thy Spirit know 
To glorify my God below, 

And find my way to heaven. 

I Kings 19 : 12. 

The voice that speaks Jehovah near, 
The still, small voice, I long to hear ; 
O might it now my Lord proclaim, 
And fill my soul with holy shame ! 

Ashamed I must for ever be. 
Ashamed the God of love to see. 
If saints and prophets hide their face, 
And angels tremble while they gaze ! 

Rom. 14 : &. 

LoED, in the strength of grace, 
With a glad heart and free. 

Myself, my residue of days, 

, I consecrate to thee. 



642 PARAPHRASES. 

Thy ransom' d servant, I 
Restore to thee thy own ; 
And from this moment live or die, 
To serve my God alone. 

Rev. I : 10. 

May I throughout this day of thine, 

Be in thy Spirit, Lord ; 
Spirit of humble fear divine, 

That trembles at thy word — 

Spirit of faith my heart to raise 
And fix on things above ; 

Spirit of sacrifice and praise, 
Of holiness and love. 

Matt. II : 12. 

O MAY thy powerful word 

Inspire a feeble worm 
To rush into thy kingdom, Lord, 

And take it as by storm! 
O may we all improve 

The grace already given 
To seize the crown of perfect love, 

And scale the mount of heaven ! 

Gen. 2 : 7. 
O ALL-CREATING God ! 

At whose sujireme decree 
Our body rose a breathing clod. 
Our souls sprang forth from thee : 



PARAPHRASES. 643 

For this thou hast design'd 

And form'd us man for this, 
To know and love thyself, and find 

In thee our endless bliss. 



Rev. 3 : 19. 

Jesus, I fain would find 
Thy zeal for God in me. 

Thy yearning pity for mankind, 
Thy burning charity. 

In me thy Spirit dwell ! 

In me thy bowels move ! 
So shall the fervour of my zeal 

Be the pure flame of love. 



M 



arK 9 : 50. 



An ! Lord, with trembling I confess 
A gracious soul may fall from grace ; 
The salt may lose its seasoning power 
And never, never find it more ! 

Lest that my fearful case should be. 
Each moment knit my soul to thee : 
And lead me to the mount above, 
Through the low vale of humble love. 



644 PARAPHRASES. 



GLORIA PATRI. 

Father, live, by all things feav'd ; 
Live the Son, alike revered ; 
Equally be thou adored. 
Holy Ghost, eternal Lord. 

Three in person, one in power, 
Thee we worship evermore : 
Praise by all to thee be given. 
Endless theme of earth and heaven. 



SUPPLEMENT, 



CONTAINING 

FIVE ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, TWENTY-TWO TRANSLATIONS 

FROM THE GERMAN, ONE FROM THE FRENCH, AND 

ONE FROM THE SPANISH, 



REV. JOHN WESLEY, M.A. 



The subjoined compositions having been often ascribed to 
Charles Wesley, the editor has deemed it desirable, for this reason, 
as well as for their inti'insic merit, to include them in this 
volume. 

Although it is freely admitted that fervour and piety are the 
characteristics of most German Hymns, yet it cannot be denied 
but that their rugged and literal, their quaint and homely style, 
generally fails to awaken the rehgious affections or to impress 
the memory. In these translations, which are distinguished for 
their high-raised spirituality and elegance, this defect is obviated 
by their transmutation into soft, flowing, and musical numbers - — 
" linked sweetness long drawn out." 

John Wesley was poet, as well as scholar and evangelist, and 
these specimens, translations, and originals, not only show the 
hand of a master, but afford evidence that " the lyi'e which he 
laid upon the altar subject only to celestial airs," is worthy of 
more than passing mention. 



Si^tr^b '^0^tri| 



THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

Father of all, whose powerful voice 

Call'd forth this universal frame ! 
Whose mercies over all rejoice, 

Through endless ages still the same : 
Thou by thy word upholdest all ; 

Thy bounteous love to all is show'd; 
Thou hear'st thy every creature's call. 

And iillest every mouth with good. 

In heaven thou reign'st enthroned in light, 

iSTature's expanse beneath thee spread ; 
Earth, air, and sea before thy sight. 

And hell's deep gloom, are open laid ! 
Wisdom and might and love are thine ; 

Prostrate before thy face we fall. 
Confess thine attributes divine. 

And hail thee sovereign Lord of all. 

Thee sovereign Lord let all confess 
Tliat moves in earth or air or sky ; 



648 THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

Revere thy power, thy goodness bless, 
Tremble before thy piercing eye : 

All ye who owe to him your birth, 
In praise yom- every hour employ : 

Jehovah reigns ! be glad, O earth ! 
And shout, ye morning stars, for joy. 

Son of thy Sire's eternal love. 

Take to thyself thy mighty power ; 
Let all earth's sons thy mercy prove, 

Let all thy bleeding grace adore: 
The triumphs of thy love display ; 

In every heart reign thou alone. 
Till all thy foes confess thy sway, 

And glory ends what grace begun. 

Spirit of grace and health and power, 

Fountain of light and love below. 
Abroad thy healing influence shower, 

O'er all the nations let it flow : 
Inflame our hearts with perfect love. 

In us the work of faith fulfil 
So not heaven's host shall swifter move, 

Than we on earth, to do tliy will. 

Father, 'tis thine each day to yield 

Thy children's wants a fresh supply ; 
Thou cloth'st the lilies of the field. 

And hearest the young ravens cry : 
On thee we cast our care; we live 

Through thee, who know'st our every need ; 
O feed us with thy grace, and give 

Our souls this day the living bread. 



THE LORD'S PRAYER. 649 

Eternal, spotless Lamb of God, 

Before the world's foundation slain ! 
Sprinkle us ever with thy blood; 

O cleanse and keep us ever clean ! 
To every soul (all j^raise to thee!) 

Our bowels of compassion move ; 
And all mankind by this may see 

God is in us ; for God is love. 

Giver and Lord of life, whose power 

And guardian care for all are free. 
To thee in fierce temptation's hour, 

From sin and Satan let us flee : 
Thine, Lord, we are, and ours thou art, 

In us be all thy goodness show'd ; 
Renew, enlarge, and fill our heart 

With peace and joy and heaven and God. 

Blessing and honour, praise and love, 

Coequal, coeternal Three, 
Li earth below, and heaven above, 

By all thy w^orks, be paid to thee ! 
Thrice Holy! thine the kingdom is, 

The power omnipotent is thine ; 
And when created nature dies, 

Thy never-ceasing glories shine. 



650 THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIM. 



THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIM. 

Heb. 13 : 14. Matt. 6 : 21. Phil. 3 : 8. Heb. 11 : 16. 
Rev. 22 : 20. 

How happy is the pilgrim's lot ! 
How free from every anxious thought, 

From worldly hope and fear ! 
Confined to neither court nor cell, 
His soul disdains on earth to dwell. 

He only sojourns here. 

His happiness in part is mine, 
Already saved from low design. 

From every creature love ; 
Blest with the scorn of finite good. 
My soul is lighten'd of its load, 

And seeks the things above. 

The things eternal I pursue ; 
A happiness beyond the view 

Of those that basely pant 
For things by nature felt and seen ; 
Their honours, wealth, and pleasures mean, 

I neither have nor want. 

No foot of land do I possess, 
IsTo cottage in this wilderness; 

A poor wayfixiing man, 
I lodge awhile in tents below. 
Or gladly wander to and fro, 

Till I my Canaan gain. 



THE WATERS OF LIFE. 65 1 

Nothing on earth I call my own ; 
A stranger, to the world unknown, 

I all their goods despise; 
I trample on their whole delight, 
And seek a country out of sight, 

A country in the skies. 

There is my house and portion fair ; 
My treasure and my heart are there, 

And my abiding home : 
For me my elder brethren stay. 
And angels beckon me away. 

And Jesus bids me come. 

I come — thy servant, Lord, replies — 
I come to meet thee in the skies. 

And claim my heavenly rest ! 
Xow let the pilgrim's journey end: 
Now, O my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 

Receive me to thy breast ! 



THE WATERS OF LIFE. 

Isaiah 55 : I, 3. 

" Ho ! every one that thirsts, draw nigh :" 
('Tis God invites the flillen race;) 

" Mercy and free salvation buy. 

Buy wine and milk and gospel grace. 



652 THE WATERS OF LIFE. 

" Come to the living waters, come ! 
Sinners, obey your Maker's call: 
Keturn, ye weary wanderers, home; 
And find my grace is free for all. 

" See from the Rock a fountain rise ! 
For you in healing streams it rolls; 
Money ye need not bring, nor price. 
Ye labouring, burden'd, sin-sick souls. 

" N'othing ye in exchange shall give ; 
Leave all you have and are behind; 
Frankly the gift of God receive. 
Pardon and peace in Jesus find. 

" Why seek ye that which is not bread, 
^NTor can your hungry souls sustain ? 
On ashes, husks, and air ye feed; 
Ye spend youir little all in vain. 

" In search of empty joys below. 
Ye toil with unavailing strife : 
Whither, ah! whither would ye go? 
I have the words of endless life. 

" Hearken to me with earnest care. 
And freely eat substantial food ; 
The sweetness of my mercy share, 
And taste that I alone am good. 

" I bid you all my goodness prove : 
My promises for all are free : 
Come taste the manna of my love, 
And let your souls delight in me. 



HOPE IN DEATH. 653 

Your willing ear and heart incline, 

My words believingly receive ; 
Quicken'd your souls by faith divine, 

An everlasting: life shall live." 



HOPE IN DEATH. 

Gen. 49 : 33. 

Shrinking from the cold hand of death 
I soon shall gather up my feet ; 

Shall soon resign this fleeting breath, 
And die, my father's God to meet. 

ISTumber'd among thy peo^^le, I 
Expect with joy thy face to see: 

Because thou didst for sinners die, 
Jesus, in death remember me ! 

O that without a ling'ring groan 
I may the welcome word receive ! 

My body Avith my charge lay down, 
And cease at once to work and live ! 



Walk with me through the dreadful shade, 
And, certified that thou art mine. 

My spirit, calm and undismay'd, 
I shall into thy hands resign. 

ISTo anxious doubt, no guilty gloom. 

Shall damp whom Jesus' presence cheers 

My light, my life, my God is come, 
And glory in his face appears ! 



654 CHRISTIAN ZEAL 



CHRISTIAN ZEAL. 

Dead as I am, and cold my breast, 
Untouch'd by thee, celestial zeal, 

How shall I sing the unwonted guest? 
How paint the joys I cannot feel ? 

Assist me, Thou, at whose command 
The heart exults, from earth set free : 

'Tis thine to raise the drooping hand, 
Thine to confirm the feeble knee. 

'Tis zeal must end this inward strife, 
Give me to know that w^armth divine ! 

Through all my verse, through all my life, 
The active principle shall shine. 

Where shall we find its high abode ? 

To heaven the sacred ray aspires. 
With ardent love embraces God, 

Pavent and object of its fires. 

There its peculiar influence known, 
In breasts seraphic learns to glow; 

Yet darted from the eternal throne, 
It sheds a cheering light below. 

Through earth diffiised, the active flame 
Intensely for God's glory burns ; 

And always mindful whence it came, 
To heaven in every wish returns. 



CHRISTIAN ZEAL. 655 

Yet vain the fierce enthusiast's aim, 

With this to sanctify his cause ; 
To screen beneath this awful name 

The persecuting sword he draws. 

In vain the mad fanatic's dreams 

To this mysteriously pretend ; 
On fancy built his airy schemes, 

Or slight the means, or drop the end. 

Where zeal holds on its even course, 

Blind rage and bigotry retires ; 
Knowledge assists, not checks its force, 

And prudence guides, not damps, its fires. 

Resistless, then, it wins its way ; 

Yet deigns in humble liearts to dwell : 
i^e humble hearts, confess its sway, 

And pleased the strange expansion feel. 

Superior far to mortal things 

In grateful ecstasy they own — 
Such antedated heaven it brings — 

The zeal and happiness are one. 

ISTow varied deaths their terrors spread, 
ISTow threat'ning thousands rage in vain! 

ISTor tortures can arrest its speed, 
Nor worlds its energy restrain. 

That energy which quells the strong. 

Which clothes with strength the abject weak, 

Looses the stammering infant's tongue. 
And bids the sons of thunder speak. 
43 



656 GOD OUR PORTION. 

While zeal its heavenly influence sheds, 
What light o'er Moses' visage plays ! 

It wings the immortal prophets' steeds, 
And brightens fervent Stephen's face. 

Come then, bright flame ! my breast inspire ; 

To me, to me, be thou but given ; 
Like them I'll mount my car of fire. 

Or view from earth an op'ning heaven. 

Come thou, if mighty to redeem, 

Christ purchased thee with blood divine : 

Come, holy zeal ! for thou, through him, 
Jesus himself, through thee, is mine. 



FROM THE SPANISH 



GOD OUR PORTION. 

Psalm 63 ; i, 9. 

O God, my God, my All thou art I 
Ere shines the dawn of rising day. 

Thy sovereign light Avithin my heart, 
Thy all-enlivening power, display. 

For thee my thirsty soul doth pant, 
While in this desert land I live; 

And hungry as I am and faint. 
Thy love alone can comfort give.^ 



GOD OUR PORTION. 657 

In a dry land, behold I place 

My whole desire on thee, O Lord; 

And more I joy to gain thy grace. 
Than all earth's treasures can afford. 

More dear than life itself, thy love 

My heart and tongue shall still employ ; 

And to declare thy praise will prove 
My peace, my glory, and my joy. 

In blessing thee with grateful songs 
My happy life shall glide away : 

The praise that to thy name belongs 
Hourly with lifted hands I'll pay. 

Abundant sweetness while I sing 

Thy love my ravish'd heart o'erflows ; 

Secure in thee, my God and King, 
Of glory that no period know^s. 



Thy name, O God, upon my bed 

Dwells on my lips and fires my thougli^^s ; 
With trembling awe, in midnight shade, 

I muse on all thy hands have wrouglit. 

In all I do I feel thine aid; 

Therefore thy greatness will I sing, 
O God, who bidd'st my heart be glad 

Beneath the shadow of thy wing ! 

My soul draws nigh and cleaves to thee : 

Then let or earth or hell assail, 
Thy mighty hand shall set me free ; 
■ For whom thou sav'st, he ne'er sliall fai]. 



638 RENOUNCING ALL FOR CHRIST. 



FROM THE FRENCH. 



RENOUNCING ALL FOR CHRIST. 

Psalm 73 : 25. 

Come, Saviour, Jesus, from above! 

Assist me with tliy heavenly grace; 
Empty my heart of earthly love. 

And for thyself prepare the place. 

O let thy sacred presence fill, 
And set my longing spirit free, 

Which pants to have no other will. 
But day and night to feast on thee. 

While in this region here below, 
No other good will I pursue ; 

I'll bid this world of noise and show, 
With all its glittering snares, adieu ! 

That path with humble speed I'll seek, 
•In which my Saviour's footsteps shine ; 

Nor will I hear, nor will I speak. 
Of any other love but thine. 

Henceforth may no profane delight 
Divide this consecrated soul ; 

Possess it thou, who hast the right. 
As Lord and Master of the whole. 

Wealth, honour, pleasure, and what else 
This short-enduring world can give. 



REDEMPTION FOUND. 659 

Tempt as ye Avill, my soul repels, 
To Christ alone resolved to live. 

Thee I can love, and thee alone, 

With pm-e delight and inward bliss : 

To know thou tak'st me for thine own, 
Avhat a happiness is this ! 

Nothing on earth do I desire. 

But thy pure love within my breast : 

This, only this, will I require. 
And freely give up all the rest. 



FROM THE GERMAN. 

REDEMPTION FOUND. 

Heb. 6 : 19. Rev. 13:8. Luke 15 : 2, Psalm 85 : : 

Now I have found the ground wherein 
Sure my soul's anchor may remain : 

The Avounds of Jesus, for my sin 
Before the world's foimdation slain ; 

Whose mercy shall unshaken stay 

When heaven and earth are fled away. 

Father, thine everlasting grace 
Our scanty thought surpasses far : 

Thy heart still melts with tenderness ; 
Thy arms of love still open are, 



66o REDEMPTION FOUND. 

Returning sinners to receive, 

That mercy they may taste and live. 

O Love, thou bottomless abyss ! 

My sins are swallow' d up in thee ; 
Cover'd is my unrighteousness, 

ISTor spot of guilt remains on me, 
While Jesu's blood through earth and skies, 
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries : 

With faith I plunge me in this sea ! 

Here is my hope, my joy, my rest ; 
Hither, when hell assails, I flee ; 

I look into my Saviour's breast. 
Away, sad doubt and anxious fear ! 
Mercy is all that's written there. 

Though waves and storms go o'er my head, 
Thoup'h streno^th and health and friends be o-one. 

Though joys be wither'd all and dead, 
Though every comfort be withdrawn ; 

On this my steadfast soul relies: 

Father, thy mercy never dies. 

Fix'd on this ground will I remain, 
Though my heart fail and flesh decay: 

This anchor shall my soul sustain. 

When earth's foundations melt away ; 

Mercy's full power I then shall prove. 

Loved with an everlasting love. 

ZINZEN'DOKF. 



THE BELIEVER'S TRIUMPH. 66} 

THE BELIEVER'S TRIUMPH. 

Phil. 3:9. I John 2:1,2. I Tim. 2:6; 1:1,5. 

Jesus, thy Blood and Righteousness 
My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 
'Midst flaming worlds, in these array' d, 
With joy shall I lift up my head. 

Bold shall I stand in thy great day, 
'For who aught to my charge shall lay? 
Fully absolved through these I am, 
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 

The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, 
Who from the Father's bosom came. 
Who died for me, even me to atone, 
i^ow for my Lord and God I own. 

Lord, I believe thy precious blood, 
Which at the mercy-seat of God, 
For ever doth for sinners plead, 
For me — e'en for my soul — was shed. 

Lord, I believe were sinners more 
Than sands upon the ocean shore. 
Thou hast for all a ransom paid. 
For all a full atonement made. 

When from the dust of death I rise 
To claim my mansion in the skies — 
E'en then — this shall be all my plea ; 
Jesus hath lived, hath died for me. 



662 THE CHANGE. 

Thus Abraham^ the Friend of God, 

Thus all heaven's armies bought with blood, 

Saviour of sinners thee proclaim ; 

Sinners, of whom the chief I am. 

Jesus, be endless praise to thee, 
Whose boundless mercy hath for me. 
For me, and all thy hands have made, 
An everlasting ransom paid. 

Ah ! give to all thy servants. Lord, 
With power to speak thy gracious word; 
That all who to thy wounds will flee. 
May find eternal life in thee. 

Thou God of power, thou God of love. 
Let the Avhole world thy mercy prove ! 
Now let thy word o'er all prevail ; 
Now take the spoils of death and hell. 

ZINZENDORF. 



THE CHANGE. 

Isa. 6 : I. Est. 4:11. Cant. 5 : 10. John 19 : 34. Zech. 13 : i. 

Jesus, whose glory's streaming rays. 
Though duteous to thy high command. 

Not seraphs view with open face. 
But veil'd before thy presence stand : 

How shall weak eyes of flesh, weigh'd down 
With sin, and dim with error's night, 



THE CHANGE. 663 

Dare to behold thy awful throne, 
Or view thy unapproached light ! 

Restore my sight! let thy free grace 
An entrance to the holiest give ; 

Open mine eyes of faith ! thy face 
So shall I see : yet seeing live. 

The golden sceptre from above 

Reach forth ; see my whole heart I bow : 
Say to my soul, " Thou art my love, 

My chosen 'midst ten thousand thou !" 

Jesus, full of grace ! the sighs 
Of a sick heart with pity view ! 

Hark, how my silence speaks and cries, 
"Mercy, thou God of mercy, show!" 

1 know thou canst not but be good : 

How shouldst thou. Lord, thy grace restrain ! 
Thou, Lord, whose blood so freely flow'd. 
To save me from all guilt and pain ? 

By faith I to the fountain fly, 

Open'd for all mankind and me, 
To purge my sins of deepest dye. 

My life and heart's impurity : 

From Christ, the smitten rock, it flows, 
The purple and the crystal stream ; 

Pardon and holiness bestows, 

And both I gain through fliith in him. 

DESSLER. 



664 GOD'S LOVE TO MANKIND. 

GOD'S LOVE TO MANKIND. 

Prov. z^ : 26. Mark 12 : 30. 

God, of good the unfathom'd Sea! 
Who would not give his heart to thee ? 

Who would not love thee with his might, 
O Jesu, Lover of mankind ? 
Who would not his whole soul and mind, 
, With all his strength, to thee unite? 

Thou shin'st with everlasting rays ; 
Before the insufferable blaze 

Angels with both wings veil their eyes ; 
Yet free as air thy bounty streams 
On all thy works ; thy mercy's beams 

Diffusive, as thy sun's, arise. 

Astonish'd at thy frowning brow. 

Earth, hell, and heaven's strong pillars bow ; 

Terrible majesty is thine ! 
Who then can that vast love express, 
Which bows thee down to me, who less 

Than nothing am, till thou art mine! 

Higli throned on heaven's eternal liill. 
In number, weight, and measure still 

Thou sweetly orderest all that is : 
And yet thou deign'st to come to me, 
And guide my steps, that I, with thee 

Enthroned, may reign in endless bliss. 

Fountain of good, all blessing flows 
From thee ; no want thy fulness ];nows : 
What but thyself canst thou desire ? 



A PRAYER TO CHRIST. 665 

Yet self-sufficient as thou art, 
Thou dost desire my worthless heart : 
This, only this, dost thou require. 

Priuieval Beauty ! in thy sight. 
The first-born fairest sons of light 

See all their brightest glories fade : 
What then to me thine eyes could turn? 
In sin conceived, of woman born, 

A worm, a leaf, a blast, a shade ! 

Hell's armies tremble at thy nod. 

And, trembling, own the Almighty God, 

Sovereign of earth, hell, air, and sky : 
But who is this that comes from far, 
Whose garments rolPd in blood appear ? 

'Tis God made man, for man to die. 

God, of good the unfathom'd Sea ! 
Who would not give his heart to thee ? 

Who would not love thee with his might, 
O Jesu, Lover of mankind ? 
Who would not his whole soul and mind. 

With all his strength, to thee unite ? 

DESSLEE. 



A PRAYER TO CHRIST. 

I Cor. 2 : 2. Rev. 3 : 21. 

I THiEST, thou wounded Lamb of God, 
To wash. me in thy cleansing blood ; 
To dwell within thy wounds: then pain 
Is sweet, and life or death is gain. 



(i()^ A PRAYER TO CHRIST. 

Take my j^oor heart, and let it be 
For ever closed to all but thee ! 
Seal thou my breast, and let me wear 
That pledge of love for ever there ! 

How blest are they who still abide 
Close shelter'd in thy bleeding side ! 
Who life and strength from thence derive, 
And by thee move, and in thee live ! 

What are our works but sin and death, 
Till thou thy quick'ning Spirit breathe ? 
Thou giv'st the power thy grace to move : 
O wondrous grace ! O boundless love ! 

How can it be, thou heavenly King, ' 
That thou should'st us to glory bring? 
Make slaves the partners of thy throne, 
Deck'd with a never-fading crown ? 

Hence our hearts melt ; our eyes o'erflow ; 
Our words are lost ; nor will we know, 
N'or will we think of aught beside, 
" My Lord, my Love is crucified." 

Ah, Lord ! enlarge our scanty thought. 
To know the wonders thou hast wrought ; 
Unloose our stammering tongues, to tell 
Thy love immense, unsearchable. 

First-born of many brethren Thou ! 
To thee, lo ! all our souls we bow : 
To thee our hearts and hands we give : 
Thine may we die : thine may we live ! 

DESSLER. 



SUFFERINGS AND LOVE OF CHRIST. (idj 

SUFFERINGS AND LOVE OF CHRIST. 

Zee. 12 : lo. I Pet. 2 : 21, 24. 

Extended on a cursed tree, 

Besmear'd with dust and sweat and blood, 
See there, the Kmg of Glory see ! 

Sinks and expires the Son of God ! 

Who, who, my Saviour, this hath done ? 

Who could thy sacred body wound ? 
No guilt thy spotless heart hath known, 

No guile hath in thy lips been found. 

I, I alone have done the deed ! 

'Tis I thy sacred flesh have torn ; 
My sins have caused thee, Lord, to bleed, 

Pointed the nail and fix'd the thorn. 

The burden, for me to sustain 

Too great, on thee, my Lord, was laid ; 
To heal me, thou hast borne my pain ; 

To bless me, thou a curse wast made. 

In the devouring lion's teeth, 

Torn, and forsook of all, I lay ; 
Thou sprang'st into the jaws of death. 

From death to save the helj^less prey. 

My Saviour, how shall I proclaim, 
How pay the mighty debt I owe ? 

Let all I have, and all I am. 
Ceaseless to all thy glory show. 



668 CONFIDING IN GOD. 

Too much to thee I cannot give ; 

Too much I cannot do for thee ; 
Let all thy love, and all thy grief, 

Graven on my heart for ever be ! 

The meek, the still, the loAvly mind, 
O may I learn from thee, my God ; 

And love, vs^ith softest pity join'd. 

For those that trample on thy blood ! 

Still let thy tears, thy groans, thy sighs, 
O'erflow my eyes and heave my breast. 

Till loose from flesh and earth I rise. 
And ever in thv bosom rest. 



DESSLKK. 



CONFIDING IN GOD. 

Rom. 8 : I. Col. 3 : 15, 16. Eph. 6:13. 

IxTO thy gracious hands I fall. 

And with the arms of faith embrace , 

King of Glory, hear my call ; 

O raise me, heal me by thy grace ! 
N^ow righteous through thy wounds I am ; 
No condemnation now I dread ; 

1 taste salvation in thy name. 
Alive in thee, my living Head. 

Still let thy wisdom be my guide, 
Nor take thy light from me away ; 



GRATITUDE FOR OUR CONVERSION. 669 

Still with me let thy grace abide, 
That I from thee may never stray : 

Let thy word richly in me dwell ; 
Thy peace and love my portion be ; 

My joy to endure and do thy will, 
Till perfect I am found in thee. 

Arm me Avith thy whole armour. Lord ! 

Suj^port my weakness with thy might ; 
Gird on my thigh thy conquering sword, 

And shield me in the threatening fight : 
From faith to faith, from grace to grace, 

So in thy strength shall I go on ; 
Till heaven and earth flee from thy face, 

And glory end what grace begun. 

BREITIIAUPT. 



GRATITUDE FOR OUR CONVERSION. 

Psalm 18 : I, 2 :. 45 : 2 5 84 : a; 73 : 26. 

TiiEE will I love, my strength, my tower ; 

Thee will I love, my joy, my crown ; 
Thee will I love, with all my power. 

In all thy works, and thee alone : 
Thee will I love, till the pure fire 
Fills my whole soul with chaste desire. 

Ah, why did I so late thee know. 

Thee, lovelier than the sons of men ? 
Ah, Avhy did I no sooner go 
• To thee, the only ease in pain? 



070 GRATITUDE FOR OUR CONVERSION. 

Ashamed I sigh, and inly mourn, 
That I so late to thee did turn. 

In darkness willingly I stray'd; 

I sought thee, yet from thee I roved ; 
Far wide my Avand'ring thoughts were spread ; 

Thy creatures more than thee I loved : 
And now if more at length I see, 
'Tis through thy light, and comes from thee. 

I thank thee, uncreated Sun, 

That thy bright beams on me have shined, 
I thank thee, who hast overthrown 

My foes, and heal'd my wounded mind; 
I thank thee, whose enlivening voice 
Bids my freed heart in thee rejoice. 

Uphold me in the doubtful race, 

Nor suffer me again to stray ; 
Strengthen my feet with steady pace 

Still to press forward in thy way ; 
My soul and flesh, O Lord of might. 
Fill, satiate, with thy heavenly light. 

Give to mine eyes refreshing tears ; 

Give to my heart chaste, hallow'd fires ; 
Give to my soul, with filial fears, 

The love that all heaven's host inspires ; 
That all my powers, with all their might, 
In thy sole glory may unite. 

Thee will I love, my joy, my crown. 
Thee will I love, my Lord, my God ; 



ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 67 1 

Thee will I love, beneath thy frown, 
Or smile — thy sceptre, or thy rod : 
What though my flesh and heart decay. 
Thee shall I love in endless day ! 

BREITHAUPT. 



ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 

Psalm 16 : 8; 90 : 2. Heb. 4 : 13. Job 26 : 6. Acts 17 : 28. 
Matt. 5 : 45. 

O God, thon bottomless abyss, 

Thee to perfection who can know ? 
O height immense ! What words suffice 

Thy countless attributes to show ? 
Unfathomable depths thou art ; 

O plunge me in thy mercy's sea ! 
Void of true wisdom is my heart ; 

With love embrace and cover me ! 
While thee, all-infinite, I set 

By faith before my ravish'd eye. 
My weakness bends beneath the weight ; 

O'erpowerd I sink, I faint, I die ! 

Eternity thy fountain was, 

Which, like thee, no beginning knew ; 
Thou wast ere time began his race, 

Ere giow'd with stars the ethereal blue. 
Greatness unspeakable is thine. 

Greatness, whose undiminish'd ray, 
When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine, 
, When earth and heaven are fled away. 
4-4 



672 ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 

Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord, 

Essential life's unbounded sea, 
What lives and moves, lives by thy word, 

It lives, and moves, and is from thee ! 

Thy parent-hand, thy forming skill, 

Firm fix'd this universal chain ; 
Else empty barren darkness still 

Had held his unmolested reign. 
Whate'er in earth, or sea, or sky. 

Or shuns or meets the wandering thought. 
Escapes or strikes the searching eye, 

By thee was to perfection brought I 
High is thy power above all height ; 

Whate'er thy will decrees is done : 
Thy wisdom, equal to thy might, 

Only to thee, O God, is known ! 

Heaven's glory is thy awful throne. 

Yet earth partakes thy gracious sway : 
Vain man ! thy wisdom folly own, 

Lost is thy reason's feeble ray. 
What our dim eye could never see, 

Ts plain and naked to thy sight; 
What thickest darkness veils, to thee 

Shines clearly as the morning light ; 
In light thou dwell'st ; light that no shade, 

No variation, ever kncAV ; 
Heaven, earth, and hell stand all display'd, 

And open to thy piercing view. 

Thou, true and only God, lead'st forth 
The immortal armies of the sky ; 



ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 673 

Tliou laugh'st to scorn the gods of earth ; 

Thou thunderest, and amazed they fly ! 
With downcast eye the angelic choir 

Appear before thy awful face ; 
Trembling they strike the golden lyre, 

And through heaven's vault resound thy praise. 
In earth, in heaven, in all thou art ; 

The conscious creature feels thy nod, 
Whose forming hand on every part 

Impress'd the image of its God. 

Thine, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone ! 

Justice and truth before thee stand : 
Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne, 

Mercy withholds thy lifted hand. 
Each evening shows thy tender love, 

Each rising morn thy plenteous grace ; 
Thy waken'd wrath doth slowly move. 

Thy willing mercy flies apace ! 
To thy benign, indulgent care. 

Father, this light, this breath we owe ; 
And all we have, and all we are. 

From thee, great Source of Being, flow. 

Parent of Good, thy bounteous hand 

Incessant blessings down distils. 
And all in air, or sea, or land. 

With plenteous food and gladness fills. 
All things in thee live, move, and are ; 

Thy power infused doth all sustain ; 
Even those thy daily favours share. 

Who thankless spurn thy easy reign. 



6/4 THE CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 

Thy sun thou bicld'st his genial ray- 
Alike on all impartial pour ; , 

To all, who hate or bless thy sway, 

TJiou bidd'st descend the fruitful shower. 

Yet while, at length, who scorn'd thy might 

Shall feel thee a consuming fire, 
How sweet the joys, the crown how bright, 

Of those who to thy love aspire ! 
All creatures praise the eternal Name ! 

Ye hosts that to his court belong, 
Cherubic choirs, seraphic flames, 

Awake the everlasting song ! 
Thrice Holy ! thine the kingdom is. 

The power omnipotent is thine ; 
And when created nature dies. 

Thy never-ceasing glories shine. 

BEEITHAUPT. 



THE CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 

John I : 14. Matt. 1 1 : 19. 

Eternal depth of love divine. 

In Jesus, God with us, display'd ; 

How bright thy beaming glories shine ! 

How wide thy healiug streams are spread ! 

With whom dost thou delight to dwell? 

Sinners, a vile and thankless race ; 
O God, what tongue aright can tell 

How vast thy love, how great thy grace! 



THE CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 675 

The dictates of thy sovereign will 

• With joy our grateful hearts receive : 

All thy delight in us fulfil ; 

Lo ! all we are to thee Ave give. 

To thy sure love, thy tender care, 
Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign ; 

O fix thy sacred presence there, 
And seal the abode for ever thine. 

O King of glory, thy rich grace 
Our feeble thought surpasses far ; 

Yea, even our crimes, though numberlesi:^, 
Less numerous than thy mercies are. 

Still on thee. Father, may we rest ! 

Still may we pant thy Son to know! 
Thy Spirit breathe into our breast. 

Fountains of peace and joy below. 

Oft have we seen thy mighty power, 

Since from the world thou mad'st us free : 

Still may we praise thee more and more, 
Our hearts more firmly knit to thee. 

Still, 'Lord, thy saving health display, 
And arm our souls with heavenly zeal; 

So fearless shall we urge our way 

Through all the powers of earth and hell. 

PAUL GERHAEDT. 



67^ TRUST IN PROVIDENCE, 

TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. 

Luke 12 : 22. i Pet, 5 : 7. 

Commit thou all thy griefs 
And ways into his hands, 
To His sure truth and tender care, 
Who earth and heaven commands. 

Who points the clouds their course 
Whom winds and seas obey ; 
He shall direct thy wandering feet. 
He shall prepare thy way. 

Thou on the Lord rely. 
So safe shalt thou go on ; 
Fix on his work thy steadfast eye, 
So shall thy work be done. 

No profit canst thou gain 
By self-consuming care ; 
To him commend thy cause, his ear 
Attends the softest prayer. 

Thy everlasting truth. 
Father, thy ceaseless love. 
Sees all thy children's wants, and knows 
What best for each will prove. 

And whatsoe'er thou will'st 
Thou dost, O King of kings ; 
What thy unerring wisdom chose, 
Thy power to being brings. 



TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. 677 

Thou everywhere hast sway, 
And fill things serve thy might ; 
Thy every act pure blessing is, 
Thy path unsullied liglit. 

When thou arisest, Lord, 
What shall thy work withstand V 
Whate'er thy children want, thou giv'st ; 
And who shall stay thy hand ? 

Give to the winds thy fears ; 
Hope, and be nndismay'd: 
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears ; 
God shall lift up thy head. 

Through waves and clouds and storms, 
He gently clears thy way : 
Wait thou his time, so shall this night 
Soon end in joyous day. 

Still heavy is thy heart? 
Still sink thy spirits down? 
Cast off the weight, let fear depart, 
Bid every care be gone. 

What though thou rulest not, 
Yet heaven and earth and hell 
Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne. 
And ruleth all things well. 

Leave to his sovereign sway 
To choose and to command ; 
So shalt thou wondering own his way, 
How wise, how strong his hand! 



6/8 TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. 

Far, far above tliy thought 
His counsel shall aj)pear, 
When fully he the work hath wrought 
That caused thy needless fear. 

Thou seest our weakness, Lord, 
Our hearts are known to thee ; 
O lift thou up the sinking hand, 
Confirm the feeble knee! 

Let us in life, in death, 
Thy steadfast truth declare. 
And publish with our latest breath 
Thy love and guardian care. 

Away, my needless fears. 
And doubts no longer mine ; 
A ray of heavenly light appears, 
A messenger divine. 

Thrice comfortable hope, 
That calms my troubled breast ; 
My Father's hand prepares the cup. 
And what he wills is best. 

If what I wish is good. 
And suits the will divine. 
By earth and hell in vain withstood, 
I know it shall be mine. 

Still let them counsel take 
To frustrate his decree, 
They cannot keep a blessing back, 
By heaven design'd for me. 



LIVING BY CHRIST. 679 

Here then I doubt no more, 
But in his pleasure rest, 
Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and power 
Engage to make me blest. 

To accomplish his design 
The creatures all agree ; - 

And all the attributes divine 
Are now at work for me. 

PAUL GERHAEDT. 



LIVING BY CHRIST. 

Eph. 3 : 17, 18, 19. Phil. 3 : 14, 2-8. Mark 10 : 15. 

Jesu, thy boundless love to me 

ISTo thought can reach, no tongue declare ; 
O knit my thankful heart to thee. 

And reign without a rival there : 
Thine wholly, thine alone, I am ; 
Be thou alone my constant flame ! 

O grant that nothing in my soul 
May dwell but thy pure love alone : 

O may thy love possess me wdiole, 
My joy, my treasure, and my crown ; 

Strange flames far from my heart remove ; 

My every act, word, thought, be love ! 

O Love, how cheering is thy ray ! 

All pain before thy presence flies ; 
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away. 

Where'er thy healing beams arise : 



68o LIVING BY CHRIST. 

O Jesu, nothing may I see, 
Nothing desire or seek but thee ! 

Unwearied may I this pursue, 

Dauntless to the high prize aspire ; 

Hourly within my soul renew 

This holy flame, this heavenly fire; 

And day and night be all my care 

To guard the sacred treasure there. 

My Saviour, thou thy love to me 

In shame, in want, in pain, hast show'd ; 

For me, on the accursed tree, 

Thou pouredst forth thy guiltless blood ; 

Thy wounds upon my heart impress, 

Nor aught shall the loved stamp efiace. 

More hard than marble is my heart. 
And foul with sins of deepest stain ; 

But thou the mighty Saviour art, 

Nor flow'd thy cleansing blood in vain ; 

Ah, soften, melt this rock, and may 

Thy blood wash all these stains away ! 

O til at I, as a little child. 

May follow thee, and never rest 

Till sweetly thou hast breathed thy mild 
And lowly mind into my breast ! 

Nor ever may we parted be, 

Till I become one spirit with thee. 

Still let thy love point out my way ! 

How wondrous things thy love hath wrought I 



CHRIST THE SOURCE OF GRACE. 



Still lead me, lest I go astray ; 

Direct my word, inspire my thoiiglit ; 
And if I fall, soon may I hear 
Thy voice, and know that love is near. 

In suffering be thy love my peace ; 

In weakness be thy loA'e my power ; 
And when the storms of life shall cease, 

Jesus, in that important hour, 
In death as life be thou my guide. 
And save me, who for me hast died. 

PAUL GEEHAKDT. 



CHRIST THE SOURCE OF GRACE. 

Acts 17 : 28. John 16 : 13. Isa. 26 : 12. 

O God of gods, in whom combine 
The heights and depths of love divine, 

With thankful hearts to thee we sing; 
To thee our longing souls aspire, 
In fervent flames of strong desire ; 

Come, and thy sacred unction bring. 

All things in earth and air and sea 
Exist and live and move in thee ; 

All nature trembles at thy voice; 
With awe even we thy children prove 
Thy power: O let us taste thy love! 

So evermore shall we rejoice. 



682 CHRIST THE SOURCE OF GRACE. 

O powerful Love, to thee we bow; 
Object of all our wishes thou, 

Our hearts are naked to thine eye : 
To thee, who from the eternal throne 
Cam'st emptied of thy glory down, 

For us to groan, to bleed, to die. 

Grace we implore when billows roll : 
Grace is the anchor of the soul ; 

Grace every sickness knows to heal ; 
Grace can subdue each fond desire, 
And patience in all pain inspire, 

Howe'er rebellious nature swell. 

O Love, our stubborn wills subdue. 
Create our ruin'd frame anew, 

Dispel our darkness by thy light ; 
Into all truth our spirit guide. 
And from our eyes for ever hide 

All things disj)leasing in thy sight. 

Be heaven, even now, our souls' abode 
Hid be our life with Christ in God ; 

Our spirit. Lord, be one with thine : 
Let all our works in thee be wrought. 
And fill'd with thee be all our thought, 

Till in us thy full likeness shine. 

PAUL GERIIARDT, 



REDEMPTION FOUND. 6S^ 

REDEMPTION FOUND. 

X John 4 -.17. Psalm 51: 2. Rom, 5:11. Gen. iS : 27. Rev. 5 : 12. 

IIoLY Lamb, who thee receive, 
Who hi thee begin to live, 
Day and night they cry to thee. 
As thou art, so let us be ! 

Jesu, see my panting breast ! 
See I pant in thee to rest ; 
Gladly would I now be clean : 
Cleanse me now from every sin. 

Fix, O fix my wavering mind ; 
To thy cross my spirit bind ; 
Earthly passions far remove ; 
Swallow up my soul in love. 

Dust and ashes though Ave be, 
Full of sin and misery. 
Thine we are, thou Son of God I 
Take the purchase of thy blood ! 

Who in heart on thee believes. 
He the atonement now recei^'es ; 
He with joy beholds thy face, 
Triumphs in thy pardoning grace. 

See, ye sinners, see ! the flame, 
Rising from the slaughter'd Lamb, 
Marks the new, the living way, 
' Leading to eternal day. 



684 CHRIST PROTECTING AND SANCTIFYING. 

Jesus, when this light we see, 
All our soul's a'thirst for thee ; 
When thy quick'ning power we prove, 
All our heart dissolves in love. 

Boundless wisdom, power divine. 
Love unspeakable, are thine : 
Praise by all to thee be given. 
Sons of earth, and hosts of heaven ! 

PAUL GEEHARDT. 



CHRIST PROTECTING AND SANCTIFYING. 

Cant. 5 : 10. Heb. 2:16. Luke 10 : 39. j Sam. 3 : 9. Col. 3 : 10. 

O Jesu, source of calm repose. 
Thy like nor man nor angel knows ; 

Fairest among ten thousand fair! 
Even those whom death's sad fetters bound, 
Whom thickest darkness compass' d round, 

Find light and life, if thou appear. 

Effulgence of the Light Divine, 
Ere rolling planets knew to shine. 

Ere time its ceaseless course began ; 
Thou, when the appointed hour was come. 
Didst not abhor the virgin's womb, 

But, God with God, wast man with man. 

The world, sin, death, oppose in vain ; 

Thou, by thy dying, death hath slain. 

My great Deliverer and my God ! 



THE SOUL SEEKING REPOSE IN GOD. 68 ^ 

111 vain does the old Dragon rage, 
In vain all hell its powers engage ; 

Xone can withstand thy- conquering blood. 

Lord over all, sent to fiiliil 

Thy gracious Father's sovereign will, 

To thy dread sceptre Avill I how • 
With duteous reverence at thy feet. 
Like humble Mary, lo I I sit ; 

Speak, Lord I thy servant heareth now. 

Renew thine image, Lord, in me ; 
Lowly and gentle may I be : 

Xo charms but these to thee are dear : 
Ko anger may'st thou ever find, 
Xo pride, in my unruffled mmd. 

But faith and heaven-born peace be there ! 

A patient, a victorious mind, 

That life and all things casts behind. 

Springs forth obedient to thy call, 
A heart that no desire can move, 
But still to adore, believe, and love. 

Give me, my Lord, my Life, my All ! 

PAUL GERHAEDT. 



THE SOUL SEEKING REPOSE IX GOD. 

Psalm 58:9; 116 : 7 ; 73 : 25. GA. 5 : 24. 

Thou hidden love of God, whose height, 

Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows, 
I see from far thy beauteous light, 
.Inly I sigh for thy repose: 



686 THE SOUL SEEKING REPOSE IN GOD. 

My heart is pain'd, nor can it be 
At rest, till it finds rest in thee. 

Thy secret voice invites me still 

The sweetness of thy yoke to prove ; 

And fain I would ; but though my will 
Seems fix'd, yet wide my passions rove ; 

Yet hind'rances strew all the way ; 

I aim at thee, yet from thee stray. 

'Tis mercy all, that thou hast brought 
My mind to seek her peace in thee; 

Yet while I seek, but find thee not, 

iSTo peace my wandering soul shall see ; 

O when shall all my wanderings end. 

And all my steps to thee-ward tend ! 

Is there a thing beneath the sun 

That strives with thee my heart to share ? 

Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, 
The Lord of every motion there ! 

Then shall my heart from earth be free. 

When it hath found repose in thee. 

hide this self from me, that I 

ISTo more, but Christ in me, may live ; 

My vile afiections crucify, 

Nor let one darling lust survive ! 

In all things nothing may I see, 

Nothing desire or seek, but thee. 

O love, thy sovereign aid impart, 

To save me from low-thoughted care ; 



MORNING DEDICATION TO CHRIST. 687 

Chase this self-will through all my heart, 

Through all its latent mazes there : 
Make me thy duteous child, that I 
Ceaseless may " Abba, Father," cry ! 

Ah no ! ne'er will I backward turn ; 

Thine wholly, thine alone, I am ; 
Thrice happy he who views with scorn 

Earth's toys, for thee his constant flame ! 
O help, that I may never move 
From the blest footsteps of thy love. 

Each moment draw from earth away 

My heart, that lowly waits thy call; 
Speak to my inmost soul, and say, 
" I am thy love, thy God, thy all !" 
To feel thy power, to hear thy voice, 
To taste thy love, be all my choice. 

TEESTEEGEX. 



MORNING DEDICATION TO CHRIST. 

Psalm 5 : 3. Rom. 12 : i. Isa. 61 : 10. i Thess. 5 : 23. Job 
3 •• 14, i^- 

Jesus, thy light again I view, 

Again thy mercy's beams I see, 
And all within me wakes anew 

To pant for thy immensity : 
Again my thoughts to thee aspire, 
In fervent flames of strong desire. 

O God, what ofiering shall I give 

To thee, the Lord of earth and skies ? 
45 



688 MORNING DEDICATION TO CHRIST. 

My spirit, soul, and flesh receive, 

A holy, liviDg sacrifice ; 
Small as it is, 'tis all my store ; 
More should'st thou have, if I had more. 

]N"ow then, my God, thou hast my soul ; 

Ko longer mine, hut thine I am ; 
Guard thou thine own, possess it whole ; 

Cheer it with hope, with love inflame : 
Thou hast my spirit ; there display 
Thy glory to the perfect day. 

Thou hast my flesh, thy hallow'd shrine, 

Devoted solely to thy will: 
Here let thy light for ever shine ; 

This house still let thy presence fill ; 
O Source of Life, live, dwell, and mo\'e 
In me, till all my life be love ! 

never in these veils of shame. 
Sad fruits of sin, my glorying be ! 

Clothe with salvation, through thy name, 
My soul, and let me put on thee ! 

Be living faith my costly dress. 

And my best robe thy righteousness. 

Send down thy likeness from above. 
And let this my adorning be; 

Clothe me with wisdom, patience, love, 
With lowliness and purity! 

Than gold and pearls more precious far 

And brighter than the morning star. 



THE BELIEVER'S SUPPORT. 689 

Lord, arm me with thy Spirit's might, 
Since I am call'd by thy great name ; 

In thee let all my thoughts unite, 
Of all my works be thou the aim ; 

Thy love attend me all my days. 

And my sole business be thy praise ! 

TEESTEEGEX. 



THE BELIEVER'S SUPPORT. 

Psalm 139 : 23, 24 ; 51 : 2 ; 69 : 2. i John 3 : 3. Matt. 8 : 19. 
Deut. 33 : 25. 

O Thou, to whose all-searching sight 
The darkness shineth as the light. 
Search, joi'ove my heart ; it pants for thee ; 
O burst these bonds, and set it free ! 

Wash out its stains, refine its dross, 
Nail my affections to the cross ; 
Hallow each thought : let all within 
Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean ! 

If in this darksome wild I stray. 

Be thou my Light, be thou my Way ; 

iSTo foes, no violence I fear, 

'No fraud, while thou, my God, art near. 

When rising floods my soul o'erflow. 
When sinks my heart in waves of woe, 
Jesus, thy timely aid impart. 
And raise my head and cheer my heart. 



690 IN AFFLICTION OR PAIN. 

Saviour, where'er thy steps I see, 
Dauntless, untired, I follow thee ! 
O let thy hand support me still, 
And lead me to thy holy hill ! 

If rough and thorny be the way, 
My strength proportion to my day ; 
Till toil and grief and pain shall cease, 
"Where all is calm and joy and peace. 

TERSTEEGEX. 



IN AFFLICTION OR PAIN. 

Psalm 42 : 2. Matt. 11 : 29. Isaiah 63 : 3, 

Thou Lamb of God, thou Prince of Peace, 
For thee my thirsty soul doth pine ; 

My longing heart implores thy grace ; 
O make me in thy likeness shine ! 

With fraudless, even, humble mind, 
Thy will in all things may I see ; 

Li love be every wish resign'd. 

And hallow'd my whole heart to thee. 

When pain o'er my weak flesh prevails. 
With lamb-like patience arm my breast ; 

When grief my wounded soul assails, 
In lowly meekness may I rest. 

Close by thy side still may I keep, 
Howe'er life's various current flow ; 

With steadfast eye mark every step. 
And follow thee where'er thou o-o. 



PUBLIC WORSHIP. 691 

Thou, Lord, the dreadful fight hast won ; 

Alone thou hast the wine-press trod : 
In me thy strength'mng grace be shown ; 

O may I conquer through thy blood ! 

So, when on Sion thou shalt stand. 
And all heaven's host adore their King, 

Shall I be found at thy right hand. 
And free from pain thy glories sing. 

TEESTEEGEX. 



PUBLIC WORSHIP. 

Genesis 28 : 16, 17. Habakkuk 2 : 20. 

Lo ! God is here ! let us adore. 

And own how dreadful is this j^lace ! 

Let all within us feel his power. 
And silent bow before his face ; 

Who know his power, his grace who prove. 

Serve him with awe, with reverence love. 

Lo ! God is here ! him day and night 
The united choirs of angels sing ; 

To him, enthroned above all height. 

Heaven's host their noblest praises brmg: 

Disdain not, Lord, our meaner song. 

Who praise thee with a stammering tongue. 

Gladly the toys of earth we leave. 
Wealth, pleasure, fame, for thee alone : 

To thee our will, soul, fiesh, we give ; 
O take, O seal them for thine own ! 



692 THE FAITHFUL AMBASSADOR. 

Thou art the God, thou art the Lord ; 
Be thou by all thy works adored. 

Being of beings ! may our praise 

Thy courts with grateful fragrance lill ; 

Still may we stand before thy face, 
Still hear and do thy sovereign Aviil : 

To thee may all our thoughts arise, 

Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice. 

In 'thee we move : all things of thee 
Are full, thou Source and Life of all ; 

Thou vast unfathomable Sea ! 

(Fall prostrate, lost in wonder, fall, 

Ye sons of men, for God is man!) 

All may we lose, so thee we gain. 

As flowers their op'ning leaves disi:>]ay. 
And glad drink in the solar fire. 

So may we catch thy every ray, 
So may thy influence us inspire ; 

Thou Beam of the eternal Beam, 

Thou purging Fire, thou quick'ning Flame. 

TEESTEEGEX. 



THE FAITHFUL AMBASSADOR. 

Acts 20 : 27. 2 Cor. 5 : 14. 

Shall I, for fear of feeble man. 
The Spirit's course in me restrain ? 
Or, undismay'd in deed and word, 
Be a true witness for my Lord ? 



THE FAITHFUL AMBASSADOR. 693 

Awed by a niortaFs frown, shall I 
Conceal the word of God most high ? 
How then before thee shall I dare 
To stand, or how tlnne anger bear '? 

Shall I, to soothe the nnholy throng, 
Soften thy truths and smooth my tongue. 
To gain earth's gilded toys, or flee 
The cross, endured, my God, by thee ? 

AVhat then is he whose scorn I dread, 
TThose wrath or hate makes me afraid'? 
A man I an heir of death I a slave 
To sin ! a bubble on the wave 1 

Yea, let men rage, since thou wilt spread 
Thy shadowing wings around my head ; 
Since in all pain thy tender love 
Will still my sure refreshment prove. 

Saviour of men, thy searching eye 
Doth all my inmost thoughts descry ! 
Doth aught on earth my vvdshes raise. 
Or the world's pleasures, or its praise 'f 

The love of Christ doth me constrain 
To seek the wandering souls of men ; 

TTith cries, entreaties, tears, to save. 
To snatch them from the gaping gra^^'e. 

For this let men revile my name ; 
Xo cross I shun, I fear no shame : 
All hail, reproach I and welcome, pain I 

Onlv thv terrors. Lord, restram. 



694 GOD'S HUSBANDRY. 

My life, my blood, I here present, 
If for thy truth they may be spent ; 
Fulfil thy sovereign counsel, Lord ! 
Thy will be done, thy name adored! 

Give me thy strength, O God of power ; 
Then let winds blow, or thunders roar. 
Thy faithful witness will I be : 
'Tis fix'd ; I can do all through thee ! 

TEESTEEGEN. 



GOD'S HUSBANDRY. 

Mai. 3 : 10. Col. 3:16. 2 Cor. 9 : 10. Rev. 3 : 12. 

What shall we offer our good Lord, 
Poor nothings ! for his boundless grace ? 

Fain would wc his great name record. 
And w^orthily set forth his praise. 

Great Object of our growing love, 
To whom our more than all we owe. 

Open the Fountain from above. 
And let it our full souls o'erflow. 

So shall our lives thy power proclaim, 
Thy grace for every sinner free ; 

Till all mankind shall learn thy name. 
Shall all stretch out their hands to thee. 

Open a door which earth and hell 

May strive to shut, but strive in vain ; 

Let thy word richly in us dwell, 
And let our orracious fruit remain 



GOD'S HUSBANDRY. 695 

O multiply the sower's seed ! 

And fruit we every hour shall bear, 
Throughout the world thy gospel spread, 

Thy everlasting truth declare. 

We all in perfect love renew'd, 

Shall know the greatness of tliy power ; 

Stand in the temple of our God 
As pillars, and go out no more. 

TERSTEEGEN. 



INDEX 



INDEX TO FIRST LINES, 



PAGE 

A charge to keep I bare, 15S 

A fountain of life and of grace, 11 

Ah ! Lord, -nritli trembling I confess, 643 

Ah ! my dear departed friend, 440 

Ah ! when shall I awake ? 109 

Ah ! whither should I go ? 59 

AU glory to God in the sky, 3G2 

All praise to Him who dwells in bliss, 396 

All thanks and all praise to Thee will I give, 590 

All thanks to the Lamb, who gives us to meet, 2T0 

All things are possible to Him, 45 

Almighty God of love, , 3S4 

Am not I the wHder'd sheep ? 630 

And am I born to die ? SOT 

And am I only born to die ? 31S 

And can it be that I should gain ? 206 

And have I measured half my days ? 57 

And let this feeble body fail, 315 

And live I j-et by power divine ? 453 

Arise, my soul, arise, 1S3 

Assisted bj- preventing grace. 601 

As the hai-t, with flying faint, 524 

A thousand oracles divine, 1T9 

Author of faith, eternal Word, 37 

Author of faith, to thee I cry, 3S 

Away with our fears ! the glad morning appears, 400 

Away with our sorrow and fear, 339 

Bear me to the sacred scene, 604 

Being of Beings, God of Love '. 360 

Be it my only wisdom here, 641 

Bless'd is the man, and pone but he, 4S3 

Bless'd is the man, supremely blest, 525 

Bless'd is the man that fears the Lord, 5S6 

Blessed are the pure in heart, 556 



698 INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 

PAGE 

Blessed are the pure in heart, .....«.« 232 

Blessing, honor, thanks, and praise, , 313 

Blest be our everlasting Lord,.. 192 

Blest be the God, whose tender cai-e 426 

Blow ye the trumpet, blow, 211 

Breathe in praise of your Creator, 637 

But I am all to sin inclined,.. , 609 

Captain of Israel's host and Guide, , 170 

Captain of our salvation, take, 416 

Cast on the fidelity, ... 294 

Celebrate Immanuel's name, 369 

Christ, my hidden life, appear, . 250 

" Christ the Lord is risen to-day," 373 

Christ, whose glory fills the sky, 390 

Come away to the skies, 405 

Come, divine Immanuel, come, ... 383 

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 193 

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 415 

Como, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 417 

Come, Heavenly Dove, 612 

Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick'ning fire, 236 

Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick'ning fire, 238 

Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, 351 

Come, Holy Spirit, raise our songs, 409 

Come, let us anew our journey pursue, • 412 

Come, let us ascend, my companion and friend, 272 

Come, let us join our friends above, 335 

Come, let us use the grace divine, 359 

Come on, my partners in distress, 302 

Come, thou Prophet of the Lord ! 350 

Come, thou Traveller unknown ! , 77 

Come, Saviour Jesus, from above ! _ 653 

Come, sinners, to the gospel feast, 352 

Come, thou everlasting Spirit, 357 

Comfort, ye ministers of grace, 33 

Commit thou all thy griefs, C7(> 

Dead as I am, and cold my breast, ....,,. 654 

Dearer than life, thou know'st I love, fi31 

Deepen the wounds thy hands have made, 139 

Depth of mercy, can there be ? 70 

Enslaved to sense, to pleasure prone, 424 

Equip me for the war, 281 

Eternal beam of light divine, 293 

Eternal depth of love divine, - 674 



INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 699 

PAGE 

Ever fainting with desire, 239 

Jiver nigh to those who call, 546 

Every evil thought and vain, 573 

Evil do thou eschew, 521 

Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, 51 

Extended on a ciu'sed tree, 66f 

Faithful, everlasting Lord, 5C9 

Faithful soul, thy Lord be near, 503 

Farewell, my all of earthly hope, 459 

Father, God, we glorify, 372 

Father, I dare believe, 225 

Father, in the name I pray, 295 

Father, into thy hands alone, 171 

Father, in whom we live, 194 

Father, I stretch my hands to thee, 42 

Father, live by all things fear'd, 644 

Father of all, in whom alone, 351 

Father of all, whose powerful voice, 647 

Father of earth and sky, 99 

Father of everlasting grace, 408 

Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord, 46 

Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord, 102 

Father of lights, from whom proceeds, 75 

Father of me and all mankind, 186 

Father of our dying Lord, 265 

Father, see this living clod, 241 

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 172 

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 418 

Father, Son, and Spirit, hear, 262 

Father, to thee I lift mine eyes, C92 

Father, to thee my soul I lift, 175 

Fondly my foolish heart essays, 285 

For ever here my rest shall be, 260 

Forgive us for thy mercy's sake, 275 

For half an age of mournful years, C21 

Fountain of all the good we see, 425 

Fountain of life and all my joy, 4C2 

Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go, 423 

For thy loving-kindness, Lord, 533 

Fret not thyself in vain, 51T 

Friendship divine, thy praise I sing, 448 

Full oft thou hast my helper been, , 625 

Full of unutterable grace, 589 

Give glory to Jesus our Head, 419 

Give me not up to Satan's power, € 29 

Give me that enlarged desire, 619 



700 INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 

PAGE 

Give me the faitli which can remove, 420 

Giver and guardian of my sleep, 391 

Give sentence, Lord, with me, 508 

Glorious God, accept a heart, 201 

Glorious Saviour of my soul, 213 

Glory and thanks to him belongs, . . 634 

Glory be to God on high, 184 

Glory be to God on high, 365 

Glory to thee whose powerful word, 431 

God of all grace and majesty, 15T 

God of all power, truth, and grace, . 217 

God of almighty love, 123 

God of eternal truth and grace, 41 

God of eternal truth and love, 413 

God of infinite compassion, 527 

God of my life, preserved by grace, 550 

God of my life, to thee, 404 

God of my life, whose gracious power, 286 

God of my righteousness, 484 

God of my salvation, hear, 140 

God of unfathomable love, 536 

God of unspotted purity, 72 

God on us his grace bestow, 545 

Good thou art, and good thou dost, 199 

Gracious Redeemer, shake, 153 

Great God ! to me the sight afford, ISS 

Hail ! Father, Son, and Spirit great, 191 

Hail ! the day that sees him rise, 370 

Hangs my new-born soul on thee, 615 

Happy soul, that, free from harms, 19 

Happy soul, thy days are ended, 817 

Happy soul, vv'ho sees the day, 13 

Happy the man that finds the grace, ■ 10 

Happy the souls that first believed, 441 

Happy the souls to Jesus join'd, 22 

Happy who in Jesus live, , 341 

Hark ! a voice divides the sky, 320 

Hark ! how the watchmen cry, , . , 159 

Hark ! the herald-angels sing, 361 

Hearken to the solemn voice, S24 

Hear me, my gracious Lord ! 577 

Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord, 226 

He heals the broken heart, 636 

Hide me from the wrath of God, £02 

" Ho ! every one that thirsts, draw nigh," 651 

Holy Lamb, who thee confess, ^^^ 

Holy Lamb, who thee receive, "*^ 



INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 701 

PAGE 

How can a sinner know, , 43 

How do I thy precepts love ! 5T1 

How do thy mercies close me round ! , 397 

How happy are they, who their Saviour obey, 15 

How happj" every child of grace, 311 

How happy, gracious Lord ! are we, IC 

How happy is the pilgrim's let ! 650 

How in the slippery paths of youth, , 62G 

How long, how often, shall I pray, 456 

How long wilt thou forget me. Lord ? 493 

How lovely are thy tents, Lord ! o4T 

How pleasant a thing, f 3G 

How shall a weak, sinful youth. 55 T 

How shall a young, unstable man, 626 

How vast the mercy's store, 512 

How weak the thoughts, and vain, 534 

I call the world's Redeemer mine, , 330 

I know that mj- Kedeemer lives, 234 

I know that my Eedeemer lives, 375 

I may abide it, I, .... .... 632 

In age and feebleness extreme, 466 

Infinite God, to thee we raise, , 176 

Infinite, unexhausted love ! , 126 

In Jesus Christ together we, 267 

Inspirer of the ancient Seers, 247 

In sure and certain hope to rise, 4f 5 

In thine utmost indignation, 4S3 

Into thy gracious hands I fall, 668 

In unbelief imprisoned fast, 619 

I see the exceeding broad command, 629 

I shall not die in sin, but Uve, 555 

" I the good fight have fought," , ISO 

I thirst for a life-giving God, 609 

I thirst, thou wounded Lamb of God, , 665 

I, too, the broad command have seen, 629 

I trust in thee -.—fo/' what f 633 

I want a principle within, ,..,,....... 163 

I want the Spiiit of power within, , 252 

Jehovah, God the Father, bless, ........= 185 

Jesu, at whose supreme command, 355 

Jesu, lover of my soul, 122 

Jesu, my truth, my way,. , 167 

Jesu, Redeemer of mankind , , 48 

Jesu, shall I never be, = 247 

Jesus, aU-atoning Lamb, : 131 

Jesu, the word of mercy give, 379 



702 INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 

PAGE 

Jesu, to thee our hearts we lift, 301 

Jesu, thy boundless love to me, 679 

Jesus, faithful to his word, 32.5 

Jesus, friend of sinners, hear, 30 

Jesus, full of truth and grace, CIS 

Jesus, giver of contrition, Cll 

Jesus hath died that I might live, . 35 

Jesus, I fain would find, G43 

Jesus, if still the same thou art, 22 

Jesus, in whom the weary find, S9 

Jesus is our common Lord, , 275 

Jesus, my Advocate above, 74 

Jesus, my life ! thyself apply, 231 

Jesus, my Lord, on thy great name, 490 

Jesus, my Saviour and my Prince, G07 

Jesus, my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 162 

Jesus, my strength, my hope, 103 

Jesus, omnipotent to save ! 620 

Jesus, show us thy salvation, 437 

Jesus, take my sins away, 65 

Jesus, the all-restoring Word, 393 

Jesus, the Conqueror, reigns, 279 

Jesus, the gift divine I know, 245 

Jesus, the good Shepherd is, 505 

Jesus, the man's defender be, 634 

Jesus, the power belongs to thee, 631 

Jesus, the power belongs to thee, 636 

Jesus, the sinner's hiding place, 606 

Jesus, thou art my Lord, my God, 635 

Jesus, thou hast bid us pi'ay, 107 

Jesus, thou know'st my sinfulness, 141 

Jesus, thou soul of all our joys, 42G 

Jesus, thou sovereign Lord of all, 101 

Jesus, thy Blood and Righteousness, 661 

Jesus, thy light again I view, 6S7 

Jesus, thy loving Spirit alone, 634 

Jesus, to thee I now can fly, 198 

Jesus, with pitying eye, 605 

Jesus, whose glory-streaming rays, 662 

Join, all ye ransom'd sons of grace, 396 

Lamb of God, for sinners slain, S5 

Lamb of God, whose bleeding love, 856 

Leader of faithful souls and guide, 809 

Let earth and heaven agree, 204 

Let earth and heaven combine, 367 

Let God, who comforts the distrest, 378 



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Let Him to whom we now belong, 173 

Let not the wise his wisdom boast, 1S2 

Let others of their virtue boast, 617 

Let the redeem'd give thanks and praise, SI 

Let the world their virtue boast. 91 

Let this feeble body droop, CIS 

Lift up your hearts to things above, 273 

Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus, £20 

Lift your eyes of faith, and see, 33S 

Light of life, seraphic fire, 121 

Light of those whose dreary dwelling, 366 

Lo ! God is here ! let us adore,. . 091 

Lo ! I come with joy to do, 169 

Lo ! I in simplicity, €83 

Long as on earth by faith I live, 635 

Long enthralled in low desires, 027 

Long have I seem'd to serve thee, Lord 25 

Long have I waited, Lord, 174 

Lord, attend my earnest prayer, 542 

Lord, I believe a rest remains, 223 

Lord, I believe thy every word, 243 

Lord, if thou the grace impart, 5SS 

Lord, in the strength of grace. 641 

Lord, I wiU exalt thy grace, 510 

Lord of all, with pure intent. 414 

Lord, regard my earnest cry, GO 

Lord, regard my earnest cry, 5S1 

Lord, thou hast thy word fulfilled, 566 

Lord, thou know'st my uprightness. 574 

Lord, thy word's unerring light, 572 

Lord, to thee I lift mine eyes, 604 

Love Divine, all loves excelling, 129 

Make me, Saviour, as thou art, 604 

Maker, Savioiu- of mankind, 21 

Master, I own thy lawfiil claim, 299 

May I throughout this day of thine, 042 

May not a creating God, 374 

Meet and right it is to sing, 7 

Misers, hear, by God abhorr'd 1 002 

My Father, my God, I long for thy love, 207 

My God, forsake me not at last 1 633 

3Iy God, I am thine ; what a comfort divine, 20 

My God, if I may caU thee mine, 2S9 

My God, I know, I feel thee mine, 133 

My God, my God, to thee I cry, 152 

My heart is fuU of Christ, and longs, 52S 

My lust of life is gone, yet here, 606 



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My merciful God hatli cbasten'd Ids son,. 625 

My sinful, wretched heart set free, 628 

My soul inspired with sacred love, 593 

My soul, through my Redeemer's care, . , . 624 

My sufferings all to thee are known, . ... 29T 

No ; every fallen child of man, .... 638 

No ; for I am not yet in hell ! 623 

None is like Jeshurun's God, 221 

Not as a formal task, to thee, 612 

Not for a favorite form or name, 631 

Not from his head was woman took, 639 

Not in my watchfulness or care, 630 

Now I have found the ground wherein, 659 

all-creating God, 642 

all that pass by, to Jesus draw near, 92 

Object of thy guardian care, 601 

come and dwell in me, 255 

come, thou radiant morning Star, , 378 

Of blessings infinite I read, 628 

for a heart to praise my God, 230 

for a thousand tongues to sing,. . .■ 8 

for that tenderness of heart, 76 

Oft I in my heart have said, 40 

glorious hope of perfect love ! . . 25S 

God, if thou art love indeed, 147 

God, most merciful and true ! 224 

God, my God, my All thou art ! , 656 

God, my hope, my heavenly rest, 119 

God of gods, in whom combine, 6S1 

God of good, th' unfathom'd sea, 664 

God of my salvation, hear, 208 

God, thou art in Jesus mine, 543 

O God, thou art in Jesus mine, 613 

God, thou bottomless abyss, 671 

God, who, when I did complain, 554 

Oh ! if our thoughts in heaven are heard, 608 

how shall a sinner perform, . . 155 

Jesus ! let thy dying cry, 164 

Jesu ! source of calm repose, .^ 6S4 

joyful sound of gospel grace ! 253 

Lord from heaven, on earth bestow'd ! ■ 6 i S 

Lord, incline thy gracious ear, 486 

Lord, in pitying love give ear ! 591 

Love Divine ! how sweet thou art ! 127 

Love Divine ! what hast thou done ? 130 

Love, I languish at thy stay ! 132 



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may thy powerful word, 642 

O might I weep and love thee now, " 539 

Omnipresent God, whose aid, 394 

my all-sufficient God, 617 

Once thou didst on earth appear, 363 

that I could my Lord receive, 50 

that I could repent, 79 

that I had the silver wings, 540 

that my load of sin were gone, 64 

that thou would'st the heavens rent, 52 

Thou eternal Yictim, slain, 358 

Thou faithful God of love, 464 

Thou, to whose all-searching sight, 6S9 

Thou who camest from above, IIS 

Thou who hast redeemed of old, 124 

'tis enough my God, my God, 90 

Our hymns shall record Immanuel's praise, 636 

Out of the depth of self-despau-, 587 

what shall I do my Saviour to praise ? 12 

what shall I say ? 624 

when shall we sweetly remove ? 342 

wondrous power of faithful prayer ! 106 

Partners of a glorious hope, , 266 

Pass a few days or years, 518 

Pass a few swiftly-fleeting years, 638 

Pass but another moment. Lord,. . 620 

Patient I waited for the Lord, 523 

Peace, doubting heart ! my God's I am, 287 

Peace, fluttering soul ! the storm is o'er, 452 

Pierce, fill me with an humble fear, 161 

Princes have with cruel rage, 580 

Prisoners of hope, lift up your heads ! 256 

Pure from the blood of Saul in vain, 639 

Regardless now of things below, 34 

Rejoice, the Lord is King, 181 

Righteous Lord, attend my cry, 497 

Salvation gladly I embrace, 623 

Saviour from sin, I wait to prove, 249 

Saviour, I long to testify, 623 

Saviour, I now with shame confess, 144 

Saviour of all, what hast -thou done ? 296 

Saviour of sinful men, 332 

Saviour, on me the want bestow Ill 



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See and save me in distress ! 579 

See how great a flame aspires, ' 380 

See Jesus, thy disciples see, 271 

See the Day-Spring from afar, 289 

Shall foolish, weak, short-sighted man, 430 

Shall I, for fear of feeble man, 692 

Shapen in guilt, conceived in sin, 610 

Shepherd Divine, our wants relieve, 105 

Show me thy salvation. Lord, 562 

Shrinking from the cold hand of death, 653 

Sing to the Great Jehovah's praise, 410 

Sin is the desperate wound, , 608 , 

Sinners, obey the gospel word, 93 

Sinners, rejoice ; your peace is made, 376 

Sinners, turn ; why will ye die ? 67 

Soldiers of Christ, arise, 282 

Son of God, if thy free grace, 142 

Son of the Carpenter, receive, 422 

Sovereign, everlasting Lord, 491 

Sovereign, everlasting Lord, 576 

Spirit of faith, come down, 407 

Spirit of truth, essential God, 349 

Stand the omnipotent decree, 319 

Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay, . . .• 148 

Still I in thy presence am, 610 

Still will my Redeemer tarry, 608 

Stupendous height of heavenly love, 368 

Summoned my labor to renew, , 421 

Surely thou wilt thy grace impart, 537 

Sweet is the odor of thy name, 530 

Talk with us. Lord, thyself reveal, 200 

Taste him in Christ and see, 606 

Teach me. Lord, the perfect way, 561 

The book of covenanted grace, 504 

The day of Christ, the day of God, 187 

The doctrine of our dying Lord, 446 

The earth with all her fulness owns, 506 

Thee Father, Son, and Spirit, we, 551 

Thee in the watches of the night, 614 

Thee, Lord ! the good, the just, 568 

Thee, my God and King, 197 

Thee will I love, my strength, my tower, 669 

Thee will I love, Lord, my power ! 499 

The Father in his saints delights, 637 

The flesh against the spirit lusts, 612 

The hope of Christ, how good ! ..628 



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The Lord himself my portion is, 495 

The Lord is king ! 621 

The Lord unto my Lord hath said, 552 

The Lord, whom I sincerely love, 621 

The meanest, then, may mercy claim, 635 

The people that in darkness lay, 382 

The praying Spirit breathe, 113 

The quiet solitary place, 615 

The servant of the Lord, , 640 

The Son of Man supplies, 462 

The thing my God doth hate, 229 

The tokens of thy favor show, 549 

The voice that speaks Jehovah near, 641 

The work of righteousness is peace, 603 

Thou art the thing, the Eternal Word, 617 

Thou God of glorious majesty, 88 

Thou God that answerest by fire, 261 

Thou God, unsearchable, unknown, 49 

Thou great mysterious God, unknown, 86 

Thou hast in part forsook, 626 

Thou hidden love of God, whose height, 685 

Thou hidden source of calm repose, 202 

Thou Judge of quick and dead, 328 

Thou Lamb of God, thou Prince of Peace, 690 

Thou, Lord, hast blest my going out, 300 

Thou, Lord, on whom I still depend, . . 831 

Thou, my God, art good and wise, 196 

Thou my portion art, Lord ! , , 565 

Thou, Lord, my Maker art, 567 

Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine, 259 

Thou wast my guide in infancy, , 611 

Thou, who from infancy to age, 616 

Thou, who hast brought my body down, 622 

Thou, who hast sufifer'd me so long, 608 

Thou, who so long hast saved me here, 616 

Through labour exhausted and pain, 616 

Thy covenant this — that I shall know, 624 

Thy favour and love I prefer, 613 

Thy presence is the secret place, 605 

Thy unworthy servant. Lord, 558 

Thy wisdom all my follies sees, 615 

To the dust my spirit cleaves, 559 

To the haven of thy breast, 29u 

To the hills I lift mine eyes, 582 

Tremendous God, with humble fear, 310 

Trouble and sin are hard at hand, 603 

Try us, God, and search the ground, 269 . 

Turn again, my children, turn, 457 



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Unchangeable, Almighty Lord, 80 

Unlike my God, I cannot rest, 602 

Upright both in heart and will, 145 

Vain, delusive world, adieu, 150 

Victim Divine, thy grace we claim, 353 

Warn'd of my dissolution near, 620 

Watch'd by the world's malignant eye, 156 

Weary, faint, through long delay, 568 

Weary of all this wordy strife, 444 

Weary of wandering from my G-od, 146 

Weary souls that wander wide, 11 

What am I, thou glorious God ? 203 

What are these array'd in white ? 337 

What cannot the Almighty do ? 633 

What do these solemn words portend ? 639 

What doth the ladder mean ? 4 

What is our calling's glorious hope ? 242 

What morn on thee with sweeter rny, 450 

What now is my object and aim ? ; . . 246 

What shall I do my God to love, 128 

What shall we offer our good Lord-, 694 

When, gracious Lord, when shall it be, 84 

When midnight shades the earth o'erspread, 399 

When, my Saviour, shall I be, 254 

When quiet in my house I sit, 348 

When young and full of sanguine hope, 456 

When shall thy love constrain, 82 

Wherefore should I make my moan, 460 

Wherewith, Lord, shall I draw near, 36 

Where shall true believers go, 334 

Who can soothe the soul's distresses ? 607 

Who in the Lord confide, 684 

Who is as the Christian great ? 3 

Who Jesus, our Example, know, 428 

Who loves me so well, my helper has been, 614 

Who of the rich hath ears to hear, 613 

Why not now, my God, my God, 622 

Wilt thou from me withdraw thy grace, 611 

Wisdom ascribe, and might, and praise, 411 

With all my heart, Lord, I pray, 630 

Within this tomb an infant lies, 461 

With glorious clouds encompass'd round, 117 

With poverty of spirit bless'd, 465 

Woe is me ! what tongue can tell,. 62 

Woe to the men on earth who dwell, 822 



INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 709 



Wonderful thy statutes are, 575 

Worship, and thanks, and blessing, 292 

Would Jesus have the sinner die ? 28 

Wretched, helpless, and distrest, , 55 

Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know, 375 

Ye ransom'd sinners, hear, 233 

Ye servants of God, whose diligent care, 589 

Ye simple souls, that stray, 17 

Yes, from this instant now, I will, . . 149 

Ye thirsty for God, to Jesus give ear, 95 

Ye virgin souls, arise, 329 



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